Mortelliti wants less paper

Is there some way that King Township could cut down on its production of paper?

Councillor Cleve Mortelliti wants that investigated, and council is slated to discuss the issue this coming Monday.

The matter was presented as a notice of motion at the last council meeting in July. In it, Mortelliti called upon Township staff to "assess the technical challenges and report back on technical solutions available" to steer staff and council "toward a paperless environment." He added this would be predicated on the transition being gradual, as well as "technologically possible and financially feasible."

In the preamble of his motion, Mortelliti pointed out King will be implementing a new waste diversion strategy next month, and is encouraging residents to embrace it. He also pointed out each councillor is issued with "large, unnecessary volumes of paper communications that could otherwise be delivered digitally."

"There are viable, affordable, effective and secure technological solutions available today that could significantly reduce these volumes of paper," he added. "It would be hypocritical of the council of the Township of King and all levels of government not to adopt a paperless environment."