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ROMULUS - WAYNE
ROMULUS - WAYNE

Wayne district court joins statewide e-filing program

The 29th District Court in Supreme Court and the State The 29th District Court is
Wayne has stepped into the elec- Court Administrative Office ” expected to go live with MiFILE
tronic age. (SCAO). The court will soon this summer. Once live, attorneys
The court will soon implement Since 2014, the Michigan will be mandated to e-file as
the MiFILE system, noted Judge Supreme Court and SCAO have implement the MiFILE system. required by Michigan Court Rule
Breeda O'Leary, which will allow been working toward the creation 1.109(G)(3)(f). Self-represented par-
the electronic filing of documents and implementation of this type of ties may participate in the e-filing
in any Michigan court, 24 hours a statewide e-filing solution. increase access to justice, allows Probate Court. These courts have program but will not be required
day, without traveling to a court- Michigan Court Rules have been flexibility to litigants, and enables assisted in the development and to do so. Filers can learn more
house and waiting in line. The changed to support e-filing and aid courts to become more efficient by expansion of the original version about MiFILE on the Michigan
statewide e-filing program also in the change from paper forms reducing the need to receive, of MiFILE, allowing SCAO to cre- Courts website Filer Information
allows parties to electronically and documents to electronic docu- process, store, and retrieve paper ate a model for the entire state. page or read the MiFILE Quick
serve one another with documents ments. Standards have also been files,” she said. Significant changes have been Reference Guide. In addition,
and electronically receive notifica- established to make sure the expe- In 2018, MiFILE was success- made to the program since 2018, there are video tutorials to help fil-
tions and documents from the rience for the filer and the courts fully implemented in three courts, with the focus of product develop- ers familiarize themselves with
courts, O'Leary said in a prepared are consistent and reliable, the 22nd Circuit Court in ment and implementation shifting the e-filing process available
statement. O'Leary said. Washtenaw County), the 37th to best onboard and serve all of online on the MiFILE YouTube
The statewide system is an ini- “This e-filing initiative provides District Court in the City of Michigan's 315 court locations, Channel, noted the prepared
tiative sponsored by the Michigan a landmark opportunity to Warren, and the Ottawa County O'Leary explained. release from O'Leary's office.

Library offers digitalized Deadline for public comments on

high school yearbooks waste well permit will end May 3

Michigan residents have until May 3 to
ments are based, according to rules post-
Anyone looking for a long-lost class- that everyone featured in the yearbook provide comment on the relicensing of ing relevant facts upon which the com-
mate from Romulus High School can is no longer a minor, he said. aboveground hazardous waste opera- ed by EGLE.
now find them on the Romulus Public Rynicki thanked Councilwoman tions at the Republic Industrial and The original public comment period
Library website. Kathleen Abdo for helping the library Energy Services (RIES) hazardous waste continued from Dec. 30, 2022, to Feb. 16,
Jake Rynicki, head of Adult locate lost yearbooks for the project facility in Romulus. The public comment 2023, and included a public information-
Services and Outreach at the Romulus and the Romulus Community Schools period was reopened by officials from the al meeting and a public hearing. No pub-
library, recently completed the digitiza- for providing yearbooks the library was Michigan Department of Environment, lic comments were received during that
tion of the high school yearbooks. missing. He also thanked the Historical Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). period, however recent events including
Yearbooks from 1946 until 2018 can Society in Romulus for providing them Written comments on the above- the delivery of waste from the Ohio train
now be found in the online archives of with a yearbook they needed. ground hazardous waste activities and derailment have generated significant
the library, according to a prepared He also thanked Kathy Smith and the draft renewal license can be submit- public interest in the facility, according to
statement from library officials. her National Honor Society students ted to Ronda L. Blayer, Environmental a statement from EGLE officials.
Library assistants scanned the year- for scanning some yearbooks. Engineering Specialist, at EGLE officials stressed that comments
books and Rynicki uploaded the past “I would lastly like to thank the BlayerR@Michigan.gov or EGLE, MMD, must be on the technical and compliance
Romulus High School yearbooks to the hard-working library assistants here at Hazardous Waste Section, P.O. Box 30241, elements of the proposed relicensing.
library website. the library for focusing on scanning the Lansing, MI 48909. Written comments The agency does not have authority
Rynicki said the library staff will yearbooks before the scanner had to be must be postmarked no later than May 3, under the law to approve or deny the reli-
post yearbooks older than five years, in returned, as well as their supervisor in and include the writer's name, address, censing based on support or opposition
consideration of the underage and assisting in scheduling them time to and email; a concise statement of the alone, nor to decide based on lack of
minor individuals often pictured in the scan,” Rynicki said. “I hope you all basis for the comments and the support- need.
books. The five-year timeline ensures check it out!”

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