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5.4 Any employe, agent, or officer of the city shall disclose his or her relationship to the city when commencing to testify. S.5 Formal rules of evidence as used in courts of law shall not apply. Evidence that is not reliable, probative and useful may be excluded at the discretion of the hearings official. 5.6 Audience demonstrations such as applause, cheering, display of signs, and other conduct disruptive of the hearing shall not be permitted. Any such conduct may be cause for immediate suspension of the hearing or removal of disruptive persons. 6. Hearings Official. The hearings official shall: 6.1 Regulate the course and decorum of the hearing. 6.2 Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters. 6.3 Rule on offers of proof and relevancy, reliability, competency or usefulness of evidence and testimony. 6.4 Impose reasonable limitations on the number of witnesses to be heard and set reasonable time limits for oral presentation, questioning of witnesses, and rebuttal testimony. 6.5 Take other action appropriate for the orderly conduct of the hearing. 7. Order of Procedure at the Hearin . The hearings official in the conduct of the hearing shall: 7.1 Commence the Hearine. Announce the nature and purpose of the hearing and summarize the rules for its conduct. The hearings official shall make a statement to those in attendance that: 7.1.1 Lists the applicable substantive criteria; 7.1.2 States that testimony and evidence must be directed toward the specified criteria or to other criteria in the traffic control ordinances or regulations which the person believes to apply to the decision; and 7.1.3 States that failure to raise an issue with sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker and the parties an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes an appeal on that issue to a higher city hearings body or Administrative Order - 5