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VAN BUREN — Crawford County will look into building a new facility for its emergency dispatchers in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.
The Crawford County Quorum Court approved a resolution expressing support for making a request for proposals to determine the feasibility of such a facility at its regular meeting Monday.
This comes after the Crawford County American Rescue Plan Committee approved a more than $1.07 million proposal by Joanie Best, the county’s director of 911 communications, to build a new facility for the county emergency communications center Nov. 2. This was despite concerns by committee members Roger Atwell and Jason Cox poised about the proposal’s cost…