§ 71-31. Administrative hearings bureau—Establishment and composition.

The city council establishes an office of the municipal government to be known as the administrative hearings bureau ("bureau"), which is authorized to conduct administrative adjudication proceedings for departments and agencies of the city for blight violations, as defined in section 71-2.

The bureau will be administered by one or more an administrative hearings officer(s), who will be appointed by the city manager, subject to approval by the city council, and staffed by other employees as may be provided for in the annual appropriation ordinance. Each administrative hearing officer will serve a term of two years and is removable only upon reasonable cause.

The administrative hearings officer will be compensated as set by council resolution, and as it may be amended from time to time.

One administrative hearings officer will be designated as the chief administrative hearings officer by the city manager, subject to approval by the city council.

(Ord. No. 1130, § 1, 8-17-2010; Ord. No. 1198, § 1, 10-1-2013)