In April 2010, the Clerk asked the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners Information and Telecommunications Services Department ("ITS") if they could develop a solution to reduce the amount of paper and time used in preparing these petition binders. Specifically, the Clerk wanted a website which contained a copy of all the data from their document management system but was organized and accessible to every VAB member, including non-employee users. By the end of October 2010, ITS was able to deliver the solution to the Clerk in time for the first VAB meeting. The VAB members were able to use the website to open and review the petitions and attachments electronically. Only one VAB member requested a hard-copy of the petitions and attachments because they preferred that format to reading on the screen.