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Ordinance committee forwards changes to ambulance oversight, adds open‑meetings requirement
Summary
The Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee voted to send proposed amendments to the Quality Assurance Panel ordinance to the full parish council, including a change to panel membership and an explicit requirement that the panel follow Louisiana open‑meetings law; the council will consider the measure March 12.
The Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee voted Feb. 23 to forward proposed amendments to the county’s ambulance oversight ordinance to the full parish council, adding a council appointment to the Quality Assurance Panel and inserting a requirement that the panel hold meetings in compliance with Louisiana’s open‑meetings law.
Councilman Ricky Goff, sponsor of the proposed changes, told the committee he wants the ordinance updated to clarify leadership roles, enlarge the panel from eight to nine members and replace a coroner’s automatic appointment with a council member or designee. "So that person is on this board," Goff said, describing the proposed vice‑chair as a fire‑chief appointee and the chair as the parish Office of Emergency Preparedness director. Goff also said the…
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