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Madison County commissioners approve settlements with Bellwood and Alexandria to restore dispatch services

Madison County Board of Commissioners · April 7, 2026
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Madison County commissioners unanimously approved two identical three-year settlement agreements with the cities of Bellwood and Alexandria to resolve unpaid dispatch fees and restore previously suspended services, after mediation efforts failed and earlier funding suspensions prompted the communities to return to negotiations.

The Madison County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve two identical settlement agreements with the cities of Bellwood and Alexandria to resolve a long-running dispute over unpaid dispatch fees and return dispatch services to prior levels.

The agreements, described by the chair as three-year deals that reinstate the same payment terms the cities had been making previously, follow failed mediation…

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