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Council reads resolution to amend ambulance services agreement and provides litigation update
Summary
The council introduced Resolution 108RS authorizing Parish President Ethel to sign Amendment No.1 to the master agreement for ground-ambulance services for inmates; later staff reported an executive-session litigation update, citing counsel and outside attorneys from Goldman & Weems and noting the legislative auditor's report had been provided to counsel.
Unidentified Speaker 7 read 'Summary number 108RS,' described in the transcript as "a resolution authorizing the parish president Ethel to sign amendment number 1 to master agreement for ground ambulance to the services agreement and the master 1 for ground ambulance and the union ambulance service incorporated for all inmates at the St. Martin Parish law enforcement center," and the clerk asked for a motion. "I need a motion and a second," the clerk said; a motion was recorded: "I have a motion on mister Metasol," according to the transcript.
Later in the meeting, Unidentified Speaker 9 updated the public on litigation matters, saying the council had entered executive session earlier on matters listed on the agenda and that the litigation remains pending. Speaker 9 named outside counsel in Shreveport from the firm Goldman & Weems and named attorneys Michael O'Shea and Steven Oxagander as actively involved. Speaker 9 said the parish had provided the legislative auditor's report to counsel and that the parish's attorneys and regulatory agencies were engaged and working in the background.
The transcript records the resolution reading and a motion to move the item but does not contain a recorded vote or final outcome for Resolution 108RS in the provided excerpt. The litigation update is an informational announcement of ongoing background work by counsel and regulators.
