A. The board may hold hearings for the purposes of:
1. Information gathering and inquiry;
2. Adopting rules and regulations; and
3. Adjudicating disputes and enforcing the provisions of the labor management relations ordinance, and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the ordinance.
B. The board shall adopt regulations setting forth procedures to be followed during hearings of the board. Such regulations shall meet minimal due process requirements of the State and Federal Constitution.
C. Proceedings against the party alleged to have committed a prohibited practice shall be commenced by service upon it and the board of a written notice together with a copy of the charges and relief requested.
D. All adopted rules and regulations shall be filed in accordance with applicable laws.
E. A verbatim record made by electronic or other suitable means shall be made of every rulemaking and adjudicatory hearing. The record shall not be transcribed unless required for judicial review or unless ordered by the board. Payment for the transcription shall be made by the party requesting the transcript or in the case of a judicial review, by the party filing the appeal.
F. Each party to a prohibited labor practice shall bear the cost of producing its own witnesses and paying its representative for hearings under this chapter.
G. No regulation proposed to be adopted by the board that affects any person or governmental entity outside of the board and its staff shall be adopted, amended, or repealed without public hearing and comment on the proposed action before the board. The public hearing shall be held after notice of the subject matter of the regulation, the action proposed to be taken, the time and place of the hearing, the manner in which interested persons may present their views, and the method in which copies of the proposed regulation, proposed amendment, or repeal of an existing regulation may be obtained. All meetings shall be held at a city facility. Notice shall be published once at least thirty days prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Clovis, and notice shall be mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons who have made a written request for advance notice of hearings. (Ord. 1776-2004 §3(part), 2004).