Executive Secretary

Leon A. Gaumond Jr., M.P.A.

Telephone: 413-525-5400x420

Fax : 413-525-1025

Email: lgaumond@eastlongmeadow.org

For immediate release: April 29, 2004

For further information, contact –

Leon A. Gaumond, Jr. at 525-5400x420

EAST LONGMEADOW SELECTMEN TO UNVEIL A MULTIMEDIA 2003 TOWN REPORT

The East Longmeadow Board of Selectmen has announced the Town will be producing a multimedia Town Report for 2003.

This year the Annual Town Report will be distributed to its citizens in CD format and can be accessed via the Internet by logging onto the Town’s website at www.eastlongmeadow.org. It features an easily accessible interface that provides quick access to Town Departments, Committees, Schools and Officials as well as the Town’s financial statements, the 2004 trash/recycling schedule, and other interesting information regarding the Town of East Longmeadow. In addition, the CD features a video presentation of the Selectmen’s Annual Report.

An initiative of the Board of Selectmen in order to save the Town the printing costs of the Annual Town Report, it is thought to be the first time in Massachusetts that a Town distributed a CD copy of the Town Report to its residents.

“The Selectmen are exploring ideas to save the Town money during these tough financial times, as well as take advantage of the technology available to the Town to present information like this to our residents,” said Gary DeLisle, Chairman of the East Longmeadow Board of Selectmen. “We are truly excited about this project this year and we have no doubt that this is a creative idea that other towns across Commonwealth will soon adopt. To publish the information on the web and on CD, it will cost the Town a fraction of what it would cost if the Selectmen were to print copies for its residents,” DeLisle added.

The Selectmen’s Executive Secretary, Leon A. Gaumond Jr., as well as longtime Annual Town Report Coordinator George Herrick and the Town’s MIS Department (comprised of John Somsen and Ryan Quimby) coordinated this project for the Board of Selectmen. Any residents requiring printed copies or alternate format Town Reports should contact ADA Coordinator Leon Gaumond at 525-5400x420.

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