(A) Appointment. The City Manager will appoint one or more Code Enforcement Administrators to perform the functions set forth in this section. The Code Enforcement Administrator may be an employee of the city or may be an independent contractor or agency contracted by the City Manager and will be compensated in an amount, as determined by the City Manager.
(B) Authority and jurisdiction. The Code Enforcement Administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to:
(1) Promulgate rules and regulations reasonably required to manage the administrative hearing system;
(2) Adopt, distribute and process all notices as may be required under this chapter, or as may reasonably be required to carry out the purpose of this chapter;
(3) Collect payments made as a result of fines and/or penalties assessed and transmit such payments to the Director of Finance;
(4) Certify reports to the Illinois Secretary of State concerning initiation of suspension of driving privileges in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Refer to the Director of Finance the collection of unpaid fines and penalties, which may be pursued through private collection agencies that the city may retain or by filing complaints in the Lake County Circuit Court; or select or appoint an individual or agency to act on behalf of the city in filing complaints, seeking judgments for unpaid fines or penalties and pursuing all post-judgment remedies available under current law;
(6) Certify copies of findings, decisions and orders adjudicated pursuant to this chapter, and any factual reports verifying the findings, decisions and orders that are issued in accordance with this chapter or the laws of the state;
(7) Oversee the operation and maintenance of the computer programs for the administrative hearing system, including, without limitation:
(a) Inputting information for the violation notice (as provided for in § 11.07);
(b) Establishing hearing dates and notice dates;
(c) Recording fine and penalty assessment and payments;
(d) Issuing payment receipts;
(e) Issuing notices of hearing dates, notices of default, final notices, such other notices as may be necessary to implement the administrative hearing system and final notices; and
(f) Keeping accurate records of appearances and nonappearances at hearings, pleas entered, fines and other penalties assessed and paid.
(8) Postpone or continue a defendant’s hearing to a later hearing date, if such request is made prior to the first scheduled hearing date. Such a determination is within the sole discretion of the Code Enforcement Administrator.
(Ord. 2008-11, passed 4-24-2008)