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County Offers Shared Services to Help Preserve Records for Communities
Media contacts:
Jeane’ Holley: (216) 698‐2544 or jholley@cuyahogacounty.us
"Through our Western Reserve Plan, we're hoping to help communities find efficiencies by expanding the services offered by the County. We sense that there is a strong demand for digitizing and microfilming services and we are expanding our capacity to meet that need in a cost effective way,” says Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald.
The demand for the digitizing and microfilming service is expected to be high based on the following: many communities have backlogged files needing permanent preservation that are taking up much needed space; storage expenses are significant; and, some storage facilities are in poor condition. The County’s service would likely be cost effective and would allow communities ready access to their files, if needed, during the digitizing and microfilming process.
"We're adding digitizing and microfilming to a growing list of services the County provides ‐ in areas like public works, human resources, and information technology. County‐provided services offer the quickest and most effective path to cost‐saving collaborations,” says Ed Jerse, Cuyahoga County Director of Regional Collaboration.
FitzGerald called upon the Department of Regional Collaboration to market the services the County currently offers and to explore others it might offer in the future. Currently, the County offers Public Works services such as road maintenance, bridge and sewer inspection and repair, engineering, and safety inspections. The Human Resources Department offers health benefit options, a variety of training courses, and human resources administration for communities. The Information Technology Department can design a community's website, facilitate an assessment of current systems, and assist with photographic and Geographic Information System needs. The County also offers crime lab services through the Medical Examiner’s Office and a "cooperative purchasing" program that allows communities to obtain the same terms the County receives on certain contracts.
Jeane’ Holley: (216) 698‐2544 or jholley@cuyahogacounty.us
Digitizing and Microfilming Services to Eliminate Backlogged Files
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County has established a platform for providing digitizing and microfilming as a cost‐saving, regional service to communities and other governmental agencies. The expanded digitizing and microfilming service fits within the "Western Reserve Plan" announced by Executive FitzGerald in his 2012 State of the County Address. Modeled after a framework in place in Los Angeles County, the plan envisions the County offering an array of services to communities on a contractual basis."Through our Western Reserve Plan, we're hoping to help communities find efficiencies by expanding the services offered by the County. We sense that there is a strong demand for digitizing and microfilming services and we are expanding our capacity to meet that need in a cost effective way,” says Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald.
The demand for the digitizing and microfilming service is expected to be high based on the following: many communities have backlogged files needing permanent preservation that are taking up much needed space; storage expenses are significant; and, some storage facilities are in poor condition. The County’s service would likely be cost effective and would allow communities ready access to their files, if needed, during the digitizing and microfilming process.
"We're adding digitizing and microfilming to a growing list of services the County provides ‐ in areas like public works, human resources, and information technology. County‐provided services offer the quickest and most effective path to cost‐saving collaborations,” says Ed Jerse, Cuyahoga County Director of Regional Collaboration.
FitzGerald called upon the Department of Regional Collaboration to market the services the County currently offers and to explore others it might offer in the future. Currently, the County offers Public Works services such as road maintenance, bridge and sewer inspection and repair, engineering, and safety inspections. The Human Resources Department offers health benefit options, a variety of training courses, and human resources administration for communities. The Information Technology Department can design a community's website, facilitate an assessment of current systems, and assist with photographic and Geographic Information System needs. The County also offers crime lab services through the Medical Examiner’s Office and a "cooperative purchasing" program that allows communities to obtain the same terms the County receives on certain contracts.
