The system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing, parking, and compliance regulation violation shall provide for a traffic compliance administrator, hearing officer, and system coordinator/computer operator with the power, authority, and limitations as are hereinafter set forth:
A. Traffic Compliance Administrator: The traffic compliance administrator shall be appointed by the city manager. The traffic compliance administrator shall be empowered and is hereby authorized and directed to:
1. Operate and manage the system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing, parking, and compliance regulation violations.
2. Adopt, distribute and process standing, parking, and compliance violation notices and other notices as may be required under this chapter or as may be reasonably required to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
3. Collect money paid as fines and penalties assessed for violations of parking and compliance ordinances.
4. Certify copies of final determinations of standing, parking, and compliance regulation violations liability and factual reports verifying that the final determination of standing, parking, and compliance regulation violations liability was issued in accordance with this chapter and section 11-208.3 of the Illinois vehicle code, as amended.
5. Certify reports to the Illinois secretary of state concerning initiation of suspension of driving privileges in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, hereinafter set forth, and those of section 6-306.5 of the Illinois vehicle code, as amended.
6. Review final determinations of vehicular standing, parking, and compliance regulation violations liability, validity of notices of impending impoundment or validity of notice of impending driver's license suspension, in an administrative review capacity in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, hereinafter set forth.
7. Promulgate rules and regulations reasonably required to operate and maintain the administrative adjudication system hereby created.
8. Obtain the corporation counsel's advice and consent regarding the method of collecting unpaid fines and penalties by either filing complaints in the circuit court or selecting or appointing an individual or agency to act on behalf of this city in filing complaints seeking judgments for unpaid fines or penalties and pursuit of all postjudgment remedies available by current law.
B. Hearing Officer: The hearing officers shall be appointed by the city manager and shall serve pursuant to the terms set forth in an employment agreement for such services as determined by the city manager. Hearing officers shall be subject to removal at the sole discretion of the city manager. To ensure the efficient operation of the administrative hearings, the city manager may appoint more than one hearing officer. A hearing officer shall:
1. Preside over the administrative hearings, established herein, as the adjudicator.
2. Administer oaths.
3. Issue subpoenas to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant papers or documentation provided the applicable witness fees provided in section 4.3 of the circuit courts act, as amended, have been paid by the party requesting the subpoena.
4. Assess fines and penalties for the violation of vehicular standing, parking, or compliance regulation violations set forth in section 6-8-11 of this chapter.
5. Make a final determination of:
a. The liability for any vehicular standing, parking and compliance regulation.
b. The validity of notice of any impending impoundment.
c. The validity of notice of impending driver's license suspension in accordance with the provisions of this chapter hereinafter set forth.
6. Provide for the accurate recording of the administrative adjudication hearings.
C. System Coordinator/Computer Operator: The system coordinator/computer operator shall be appointed by the city manager and is hereby authorized and directed to operate and maintain the computer programs for the administrative adjudication system created in this chapter. The system coordinator/computer operator shall be responsible for entering and tracking data and producing and when applicable, generating written documentation pertaining to:
1. Violation notice information.
2. Hearing dates and notice dates.
3. Fine and penalty assessments and payments.
4. Issuance of payment receipts.
5. Succeeding notices of hearing dates, final determination of liability, notice of impending impoundment, and notice of impending driver's license suspension, as directed by the traffic compliance administrator in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.
6. Records of appearances and nonappearances at administrative hearings, pleas entered, fines and penalties assessed and paid.
D. Multiple Positions: Nothing in this chapter shall be intended to prohibit one person from holding and fulfilling the requirements of one or more of the above stated positions. (Ord. 2015.53, 4-18-2016)