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Featured among a full agenda is a presentation on allowing the Crawford County Public Safety Department to take responsibility for emergency dispatching services currently performed by Meadville Police Department. When a similar proposal was the focus of a special 2016 council meeting, about 20 residents attended, the vast majority of whom were opposed.

Eliminating city police dispatch staff and allowing the county to provide dispatch services has been among possible cost-saving moves for the cash-strapped city for at least 15 years…