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Kibler Mayor Gary O'Kelley, right, listens as Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap discusses the new budget for the county's consolidated 911 service during the Intergovernmental Council meeting held July 13 in Van Buren.

Progress continues to be made toward the final goal of consolidating 911 dispatch services in Crawford County.

After welcoming new 911 Communications Director Joanie Best at the end of June, Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap presented the new consolidated budget as well as a Memorandum of Understanding for Operation of 911 Emergency and Dispatch Center to area mayors in attendance at the July 13 Intergovernmental Council meeting held at the county’s Department of Emergency Management Building…