(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, appeals, protests, investigations and hearings referred by a board to an examiner or committee shall be considered and conducted pursuant to the rules therefor adopted by such board.
(b) Hearings shall be reported by a phonographic reporter at the direction of the board, or of the examiner or chairperson, or shall be so reported at the request of any party upon the party’s payment of the cost of the reporting in the amount fixed by the board. A report so made shall be transcribed as may be directed by the board, examiner or chairperson, within their discretion, or shall be transcribed at the request of any party or interested person upon the person’s prepayment of the fee for the preparation of a copy thereof. Where such report is transcribed, the transcript shall be placed on file in the office of the board. Any party or interested person may purchase a copy of the transcript by paying the cost thereof, and if the hearing is reported by a City employee, such money shall be paid over to the City Treasurer to the credit of departmental receipts. The cost of such transcript shall be designated in the ordinance prescribing a uniform policy and fee schedule for transcripts of hearings reported by the City employees.
(c) The examiner or chairperson may direct any person present to testify in a hearing whether or not such person was subpoenaed to testify.
(d) The examiner or chairperson shall require the maintenance of order in the hearing room, may order the exclusion of witnesses and may expel any one who disturbs the hearing, and the examiner or chairperson may secure the aid of the Chief of Police for such purposes.
(e) The City Attorney, upon the request of the board, may assign one of the City Attorney’s deputies or assistants to attend any hearing, and to give advice on any and all legal matters pertaining to the proceeding.
(f) The examiner or chairperson may continue a hearing at any stage thereof.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 95,338.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,209.