§ 1.27.090. Hearing officer.

A.

The mayor shall appoint an administrative hearing officer and any alternate administrative hearing officers as needed. The terms of the administrative hearing officer and any alternate administrative hearing officers shall be commensurate with the term of the mayor. Any administrative hearing officer may be removed at any time by the mayor. Upon expiration of the mayor's term or upon a vacancy in the position of mayor, all administrative hearing officers shall remain in place until new administrative hearing officers are appointed by the succeeding mayor.

B.

Administrative hearing officers shall have the following qualifications:

1.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or a combination of (i) a certificate from a training course for administrative hearing examiners and (ii) at least three years of relevant practical experience in the area of law enforcement, legal training, code enforcement or any other applicable field;

2.

The ability to exercise independent and fair judgment; and

3.

Any specific training as required by state or local law. As for hearing officers who hear appeals of parking violations, a minimum of twenty hours of training within the past five years pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 40215 is required (up to twelve hours of relevant experience may be substituted for up to twelve hours of training).

C.

The hearing officers shall be compensated at the rate of eighty-three dollars per month, fifty dollars per hearing, or as otherwise set by city council resolution. The employment, performance evaluation, compensation and benefits of the hearing officers, if any, shall not be directly or indirectly conditioned upon the amount of administrative citation fines upheld by the hearing officer.

D.

Hearing officers shall not be Calexico city employees.

(Ord. 1053 § 2 (part), 2007)

(Ord. No. 1066, § 2, 9-1-09; Ord. No. 1127, § 1, 12-21-10)