iPad could replace documents in Florida city
iPad would be used to eliminate official documents in preparation for commission meetings in Ormond Beach, Fla., commissioners propose.
In this April 3 file photo, a customer uses an Apple iPad on the first day of Apple iPad sales at an Apple store in San Francisco. Some commissioners in Ormond Beach, Fla., are proposing to replace paper documents used in their meetings with electronic versions on the popular tablet computer.
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Ormond Beach, Fla.
Some city commissioners in central Florida want to replace the stacks of paper they get before meetings with something more state-of-the-art — the iPad.
Ormond Beach's city commissioners say their plan to have the city buy the mayor and four commissionersiPads will save taxpayers money.
Every two weeks, city leaders get stacks of documents before meetings at city hall. Officials say the paper alone costs $1,100 a year.
The five iPads could cost around $3,250.
It's not the first Florida city to phase out paper. Palm Coast city leaders replaced printed documents with iPadsearlier this year.