(A) The Village President/Mayor or his or her designee shall serve as the hearing officer for vehicle impoundment hearings under this traffic code.
(B) All interested persons shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any vehicle impoundment hearing. The formal rules of evidence will not apply at any such hearing.
(C) Any sworn or affirmed report, including a report prepared in compliance with § 11-501.1 of the state’s Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-501.1) that is prepared in the performance of a law enforcement officer’s duties and sufficiently describes the circumstances leading to the impoundment, shall be admissible evidence of the owner of record’s liability under § 71.16, and shall support a finding of the owner of record’s liability under § 71.16, unless rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.
(2016 Code, § 22.030)