Bellevue Council will solicit proposals from ambulance services.

During council's regular meeting on Aug. 24, safety committee chair David Gillingham Jr. said that he was concerned that Bellevue did not have a formal written contract with any ambulance service. Up to now, he said, Bellevue has had only a "handshake" with NorthWest EMS.

The agreement holds only that calls to 9-1-1 and emergency requests from police for an ambulance are automatically routed to NorthWest. Residents of Bellevue are free to employ any ambulance service.