Austintown, Canfield consider putting township finances online

YOUNGSTOWN

Township trustees in Austintown and Canfield said they are interested in putting their communities’ checkbooks online.

“Frankly, the transparency issue in this day and age is important,” said Austintown Trustee Kenneth Carano. “I will pursue this for Austintown. We so desperately want to give people the information they want, and having it online won’t tax our workers.”

“It’s a great opportunity to provide information and to help with budgeting,” said Canfield Trustee Marie Izzo-Cartwright. “To be able to see what we’ve done in the past and what we will do in the future will be a good fit for the township.”

The comments came after officials with the Ohio Treasurer’s office and OpenGov, a California-based company working with the treasurer, gave a presentation Friday at the Covelli Centre to about a dozen people on adapting the state’s OhioCheckbook.com to local governments.

Read more about the plan in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.