NATCHEZ &8212; Adams County may soon have an ordinance to regulate ambulance services.

County Attorney Bob Latham said he was planning to have an ordinance that would regulate ambulance services to the board of supervisors this week.

Emergystat, one of the county&8217;s three ambulance services, closed its doors recently after being on and off the county&8217;s ambulance rotation since January.

At Monday&8217;s supervisors meeting, Latham said such an ordinance would name one primary ambulance agency that would keep records for others. The county would oversee the primary agency.

The laws on the books only briefly address ambulance services, Latham said. The new one would specifically allow for multiple services.

Latham said he would try to present a draft of the ordinance to the supervisors this week.

&8220;This is something we need to implement,&8221; Supervisors President Darryl Grennell said at Monday&8217;s meeting, citing recent problems with the rotation method of dispatching ambulances and Emergystat&8217;s departure.

Vice President of Operations for the Gulf Coast Region for American Medical Response Steve Delahousey said they encouraged such regulation because, in the long run, it was better for the company.

In other business:

4Cable ONE manager Bobby McCool explained that poor reception on lower channels was due to the distance the signals were sent from the stations.

He said there was little his company could do until fiber-optic cable or satellite connections became part of their system

4Supervisor Sammy Cauthen said he would like to offer a reward between $1,000 and $1,500 for information about continuing damage done to gates and the road on Carthage Road. People hook chains from their trucks to privately owned gates and drag the gates along the road, Cauthen said.

4The county&8217;s first-time homebuyer&8217;s program through the Mississippi Development Authority was extended, Grennell said.

4Supervisor Henry Watts said he had suggestions from a meeting he recently attended on how to get violators to pay justice court fines. Options included publicizing their names, implementing a sheriff&8217;s lien or connecting the fines to violators&8217; drivers&8217; licenses.

4The board agreed to postpone a decision on an animal ordinance until the state legislature was back in session. Grennell suggested the state might pass legislation regarding animal control.

&8220;Let&8217;s wait to see what type of policy they may put into place,&8221; Grennell said.

The board has previously discussed implementing an animal ordinance, which might include topics such as leash laws and vicious animal regulations.