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No transaction fee will be charged and no special equipment will be necessary for attorneys or others.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
DAYTON — — All court actions filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court will be done electronically within about a year, said James W. Drubert, court administrator.
On Tuesday, county commissioners agreed to advertise for proposals for the electronic case filing system, expected to cost about $500,000.
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The system would streamline records management, save file storage space, improve business practices, and reduce manual
handling of files, Drubert said.
The plan for a full-service electronic system grew out of discussions by court and clerk of court officials as well as members of the Dayton Bar Association. Attorneys and others will not need special equipment to use the electronic filing system, said court Administrative Judge Michael T. Hall.
Unlike federal court, there will be no transaction fee charged for accessing the filing system, Hall said. The system's cost will be covered by the clerk of court's special projects fund and a $25 fee assessed on court filings, he said.
Also Tuesday, the commissioners established a Youth and Amateur Sports Competition Task Force to focus on attracting sports competitions to the county and retaining those that use facilities here.
"It's not only a youth sports initiative, it's really an economic development initiative," said Commissioner Dan Foley, noting the Warrior Soccer Classic in
May attracted 30,000 who contributed
$7.5 million to the economy.
In other business, the commissioners agreed to absorb the Crains Run Water and Sewer District, which provides water to about 450 Miami Twp. residents. The court must approve the arrangement to dissolve the district
because it was created by court order in 1995, said Gregory Merrill, director of sanitary engineering. The only increased cost to current Crains Run customers would be a $200 annual fee to retire debt over 18 years, he said.
