(A) Any three-member panel or special master conducting a hearing shall, within 20 days after its conclusion, unless additional time is allowed by the Council, make a report to include findings of fact and suggested conclusions of law and recommendations, and transmit such report and the record to the Council which shall file the same in its permanent records. A copy of the report shall be delivered forthwith to the Magistrate.
(B) The Council may thereafter either dismiss the matter, or if it finds good cause it may decide the censure, removal, or retirement of the Magistrate. Final action of the Council shall require a majority vote of its members. The voting members need not personally have participated in or attended earlier relevant proceedings before or taken by the Council as a whole; but nonparticipants in the earlier proceedings shall have access to the record thereof, which record may be transcribed and made available to members upon request.
(C) Each member of the panel, and any special master appointed under these rules, shall have the power to administer oaths for the taking of the testimony. Every witness in every proceeding hereunder shall be sworn upon oath or affirmation to tell the truth and not to disclose the existence of the proceeding, until the proceeding is no longer confidential under the rules.
(D) All notices, papers, and pleadings served upon, delivered, or mailed to a Magistrate pursuant to these rules shall be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope, marked “confidential”.
(Ord. 2003-03, passed 2-28-2002)