The Oak Lawn Village Board has approved plans by the Oak Lawn Regional Emergency Communications Center to relocate from Village Hall to a new site in the 9800 block of South Massasoit Avenue.A resolution regarding the future of the regional 911 center was approved at the Jan. 12 meeting, after hearing about the plans from Diana Tousignant, director of emergency communications for the village.Tousignant said the 911 center has outgrown its space in the basement of Oak Lawn Village Hall at 9446 S. Raymond Ave., noting that it now serves nine fire departments —Oak Lawn, Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park, Burbank, Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Central Stickney, Hometown, North Palos, Roberts Park and Summit — as well as six police departments. These include Evergreen Park, Burbank, Bridgeview, Alsip and Hodgkins in addition to Oak Lawn…
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