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3.3 CITATION MATERIALS. At assignment, the City Clerk shall transmit a copy ofthe citation fo the hearing off cer. Within five days of assignment, the issuing officer or the off cer's department shall transmit copies of all materials relating to the citation to the hearing officer, including but not limited to: additional written reports; certificates of calibration, logs, and other doewnentation required to support the evidentiary use of speed detection equipment wider Minn. Stat. § 169.14; relevant certificates of training for the citing officer; and any pictures showing the alleged offense. The hearing officer shall transmit a copy of any materials received to die recipient at the earliest opportunity but at least three days in advance of the hearing. 3.4 HEARING. At the hearing, the hearing officer shall receive the testimony of any witnesses, witness statements, and comm~ents presented by the person cited. The hearing officer will consider these items alongside the materials submitted by the issuing officer, and nay weigh die evidence and make credibility determinations to the best of the lrearing officer's ability. The hearing officer is not required to apply the rules ofevidence in making determinations about the evidence presented. The issuing officer is not required to attend the hearing. 3.5 DECISION, FINDINGS. After considering all of the evidence submitted, the hearing officer shall determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, whether the person cited did or did not violate the statute or statutes identified in the citation. The hearing officer shall make written findings supporting die determination and transmit them to the cited person and the City Clerk within five days of closing the hearing. 3.6 PAYMENT FOLLOWING FINDING OF VIOLATION. Ifthe hearingofficer finds a violation, the fine for the Designated Traffic Offense is due within 30 days of the date the Indings are sent to the recipient. The hearing officer may not alter or reduce the fine for any offense or combine multiple offenses into a single fine. Payment of fines due shall be made to the City Clerk. 3.7 STANDARD CITATION ISSUED IF NO PAYMENT. If payment is not made within die 30 days, the Clerk shall request that the issuing officer or the officer's deparhnent issue a standard traffic citation for the offenses in the administrative citation, mail a copy of the citation to the individual, and file the citation along with the hearing officer's written t7ndings with the Ramsey County Disn•ict Court.