If a petition for redetermination is filed within the sixty (60) day period, the director shall reconsider the determination and, if the person has so requested in his or her petition, shall grant the person an oral hearing, and shall give him or her ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of hearing. The director may designate one or more deputies for the purpose of conducting hearings and may continue a hearing from time to time as may be necessary. (Prior code § 41.09.139)