§ 2.209. City Council Consideration of Recommended Order.

(1)

Action by City Clerk. Upon receipt of a recommended order from the Hearing Officer, and after the deadline for receipt of exceptions thereto, the Hearing Administrator shall forward the recommended order and exceptions, if any, to the City Clerk who shall schedule the order for consideration by the City Council at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting.

(2)

City Council Consideration of Recommended Order. The Council shall have no obligation to entertain comments or argument from anyone during its consideration of the recommended order. City Council may address questions to staff, to the parties, or to anyone else at its discretion. In addition, Council may, on its own motion or at the request of one or more of the parties, allow staff and each party up to ten (10) minutes for oral presentation or argument. Neither staff nor parties may submit new evidence to the City Council and must confine their presentations to evidence made part of the record before the Hearing Officer. City Council shall adopt the recommended order, adopt the recommended order with changes, or direct staff to prepare a revised order. Council shall not change any findings of fact reached by the Hearing Officer without stating its reasons for such change. If Council directs staff to prepare a revised order, the revised order shall be transmitted to the parties and presented to City Council within forty-five (45) calendar days.

(Ord. of 9-12-1994, Doc. #27833; Ord. of 7-24-1995, Doc. #28649)