Oradell Council Looks to Move to New Digital Age

Nowadays when Oradell Borough Clerk/Administrator Laura Graham needs to deliver copies of resolutions or agendas for the mayor and council's meeting packet, the items must be hand delivered by a patrol officer.

But come following the New Year, the all-Republican council will continue to investigate moving toward a paperless packet and possibly purchasing Apple Ipad's for the governing body.

"This is something we've been looking at for a while to create a paperless packet," Graham said. "The question has been to move toward an Apple tablet which wears done less, is more durable and has a longer battery life versus a laptop with less battery power but allows for more productivity."

An additional bonus of moving towards a paperless packet is that the borough would be able to cut down costs for printer ink and toner.

By potentially moving toward an Ipad, each tablet would come equipped with a GPS locator incase one goes missing or is stolen.

"Today everyone is in a different scenario," Councilman James Koth said. "To have the information readily at our fingertips rather than have the police deliver a packet at home. Personally for me, this would make how I do things more efficient."

Overall the council supported looking into cost estimates for the tablets and to place the item for further discussion at a January meeting once Councilmen-elect Tony Meo and Ed Pfleging have taken office.