Aug. 13, 2025 — Norfolk County staff told commissioners that a contractor assigned to review and digitize decades of county documents has scanned more than 10,000 pages and is building a searchable repository of records.

Andrew LaBerge, a contractor introduced at the Aug. 13 meeting, said the project has progressed rapidly: “we've gone through all of the documents that were in the room last week, and then have scanned over 10,000 pages, putting those up into our digitized document, central kind of repository,” he said.

Why it matters: The county said the work will consolidate procurement, facilities and other legacy records into an electronic library, making documents more readily accessible to staff and reducing physical storage needs. County staff said documents that must remain in custody will be placed in a new central file room; other records were disposed of in compliance with state retention schedules.

County staff described the contractor as collaborating with deputy director Bill Buckley and noted that the project spans multiple departments. The director said the work will allow the county to index files for the first time and make them retrievable without delay.

Next steps: County staff expect to complete the current indexing phase within about a month and to finalize what must remain in physical custody versus what will be retained digitally.