Resolution 2001 - Laserfiche WebLink

• a. To administer oaths and affirmations; • b. To rule upon offers of proof and receive evidence; c. To regulate the course of the hearings and the conduct of the parties and their agents; • d. To question any party presenting testimony at the hearings; e. To hold conferences for settlements, simplification of the issues, or any other proper purpose; f. To consider and rule upon all procedural and other motions appropriate to the proceedings; and g. To make file recommendations or decisions. 3.6 View Trip When necessary to a full understanding of the case, the Hearing Examiner shall inspect the site prior or subsequent to the hearing. Failure to inspect the site will not render the Examiner's recommendation or decision void. 3.7 Record of Hearing a. Electronic Recordation. Hearings shall be electronically recorded and such recordings shall be a part of the official case record. Copies of the electronic recordings of a particular proceeding shall be made available to the public on request and the reasonable cost of such copying shall be paid by the requester. b. Copies of any written materials in the record may be obtainea by any interested person, although that person shall be responsible for paying the cost of reproducing _such material. IV. COMPUTATION OF TIME Computation of any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules shall begin with the first day following that on which the act or event initiating such period of time shall have occurred. When the last day of the period so computed is a Saturday, Sunday or national or state holiday, the period shall run until the end of the next following business day. V. RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS 5.1 Rights of Applicants Each applicant shall have the right of due notice, due process, cross-examination (rebuttal), presentation of evidence, objection, motion, argument, and all other rights essential to a fair hearing. Where the Hearing Examiner finds that testi- mony would be repetitious or irrelevant to the matters before him, he may impose reasonable limitations on the number of witnesses heard, and on the nature and length of their testimony. Cross-examination is permitted as necessary for a full disclosure of the facts. 5.2 Notice Requirements of Hearings and Filings a. All notice and time requirements and methods of notification shall be governed by the standards as set forth in Ordinance Number 692-80 of the City of Everett. b. Affidavit of Notice -- A notarized affidavit attesting to the written notice of a given public hearing shall be made a part of each official case record. -3- 3/81