(A) If any person shall be aggrieved by any administrative decision of the City Manager or any other city official, for which administrative decision there is not otherwise spelled out under city code or by city contract or other applicable law or provision, a grievance or appellate procedure, or if any person shall be aggrieved, by any administrative decision of any board or commission not having within its structure an appellate procedure, the aggrieved person is entitled to a full hearing before the Council upon serving the Mayor and City Manager a written request therefore within 30 days after the date of the administrative decision.
(B) The hearing shall be scheduled by the City Manager at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting, provided that the Council meeting is scheduled to occur at least five days after the date the appeal is filed. In the event that the appeal or request for hearing is filed less than five days before the next regularly scheduled Council meeting, the hearing shall then occur at the following regularly scheduled Council meeting, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the aggrieved party and the applicable city representative(s).
(C) The request shall contain a general statement setting forth the administrative decision to be challenged by the appellant. At the hearing, the appellant may present any evidence that appellant deems pertinent to the appeal, but the city shall not be required to keep a verbatim record of the proceedings. The Mayor, or other officer presiding at the meeting, may, in the interest of justice or to comply with the aforesaid time requirements and on his or her own motion or the motion of the appellant, the City Manager, or a member of the Council adjourn the hearing to a more convenient time or place and the time or place shall be fixed and determined before adjournment so as to avoid the necessity or formal notice of reconvening.
(2003 Code, § 2.03) (Ord. 122, passed 1-5-2004)