TRUMBULL COUNTY Weighing a paperless system

The service would cost Lordstown about $6 a day.
By SHERRI L. SHAULIS
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
LORDSTOWN -- Taking the next technological step and going paperless could save the village plenty of money in the long run, a Time Warner representative says.
Ron Rossi of Time Warner spoke to council Monday about the company's Web Doc program, which stores documents, photos and more on an Internet Web site equipped with password protection.
Any contract, document, notice or other item normally printed out and kept on file can be stored electronically through the cable service, Rossi explained, as a cost of about $180 per month to the village.
If any document containing a certain word or phrase, or manufactured by a certain user, is needed, it can be retrieved through an Internet search, he added.
How it works
By scanning files into computer formats and generating future documents the same way, the village would be able to save money with printing supplies, paper and even postage, since the documents could be sent through e-mail instead of regular mail.
"It becomes a paperless solution for Lordstown," he said.
The village could register any number of users for the service, Rossi added, and up to five people can use the product simultaneously.
Added benefits, Rossi pointed out, included the ability to retrieve any of the documents if a village computer's hard drive fails, or if any of the computers is infected with a virus.
"It could save you much more than the $6 a day you would spend on the program," he said.
Council agreed to refer the request to its Public Parks, Buildings, Grounds, General Improvements and Recreation Committee for further review.
In other news, council voted to have only one meeting next month. Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. July 15 at the administration building on Salt Springs Road.
slshaulis@vindy.com