CAMPBELL — Several city residents who attended a recent town hall meeting made clear the two things they wish to see are a full-service grocery store and a way to remedy a lack of ambulance coverage.

“Sixty percent of our residents are 60 and older,” Mayor Bryan K. Tedesco, who conducted the one-hour session last week in Roosevelt Park, said. “So we really have to watch because we have an older population in the city of Campbell.”

Because the city of about 7,900 has no consistent ambulance service — and not enough money to pay for one — Tedesco said that, based on feedback from many of those in attendance, he may consider having Emergency Medical Transport serve that capacity. The North Canton-based company had filled a 24- to 36-hour coverage void last month by answering calls when MedStar Ambulance announced it would not provide staffing or service to the city.

Emergency Medical Transport also took over ambulance service in Youngstown on Jan. 1 from American Medical Response after AMR’s contract expired Dec. 31.

Another proposed idea was having a shared ambulance service among Campbell and neighboring Coitsville, Struthers and Lowellville, the mayor noted. He added that consideration also was being given to placing a levy on the ballot to generate funds for ambulance coverage in the city.

The estimated 50 residents at the meeting also overwhelmingly supported having a grocery store built on Blossom Avenue, about a block from Campbell Middle School off Sanderson Avenue.

“People want a store because this is a (food) desert,” Tedesco said, adding that residents have to rely mainly on convenience and discount stores in the city for groceries and other items.

In addition, having no such store also means greater difficulty buying fresh produce and other healthy foods, he continued.

Having a grocery store at that location would be beneficial also because of its close proximity to several neighboring communities such as Youngstown’s East Side as well as Coitsville, Lowellville, Struthers and parts of Hubbard, Tedesco explained.

A key part of the project is to build a road to connect state Route 616 with Blossom Avenue, at what Tedesco estimated would be $1.3 million.

Such a road “would cut Campbell in half,” the mayor said, meaning that it also would reduce travel time for firefighters and police to respond to emergencies in some parts of the city. Specifically, police could arrive faster at the schools in the event of an emergency or incident, Tedesco explained.

The city may apply to the state to help fund the road project, though Tedesco gave no date.