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The Governing Body shall adopt rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary to govern the procedure in such hearing and which will provide a fair hearing. Such rules shall include but not be limited to:

(A) A record of the entire hearing made by simple minutes and tape recordings;

(B) The right to call and examine witnesses on any matter relevant to the issues of the hearing;

(C) To introduce documentary and physical evidence;

(D) To allow any relevant evidence to be admitted if it is of the type upon which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule which might make improper the admission of such evidence over objection in civil actions in courts of competent jurisdiction in this state;

(E) The exclusion of irrelevant and unduly repetitious evidence;

(F) To allow hearsay evidence for the purpose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence, but not for the purpose of supporting a finding itself unless it would be admissible in the courts of competent jurisdiction in this state;

(G) To cross-examine opposing witnesses on any matter relevant to the issues of the hearing;

(H) To impeach any witness regardless of which party first called him to testify;

(I) To rebut any evidence;

(J) To allow the respondent to represent himself or to be represented by anyone of his choice who is lawfully permitted to do so;

(K) To allow official notice of any fact which may be judicially noticed by the courts of this state or of official ordinances, records or rules and regulations of the City of Olathe. (Ord. 97-51 § 2, 1997; Ord. 87-139 § 1, 1987.)