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Lori L. Pesci, left, Deputy Director of the Division of Public Safety for the Summit County Executive's Office and Justin Fye, project architect for Mann, Parsons, Gray Architects walk through the former site of the Weaver Workshop that will become the new regional dispatch center.

Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Tallmadge and Summit County are moving ahead with plans to create a regional dispatch service, even as another potential key player mulls whether to join the operation.

The city of Stow’s participation — or lack thereof — will not change the other communities’ financial contributions to the project or its timeline.

The five entities have discussed consolidating their dispatch services for at least five years, and in early November finalized negotiations…