(a) The Colorado Rules of Evidence and the common law rules of evidence shall not apply. The Authority may accept into evidence any testimony or exhibit and give such evidence the weight that the Authority believes it deserves.

(b) The Authority may accept hearsay and multiple-hearsay testimony and may base its decision solely on such hearsay if such hearsay is reasonably reliable and trustworthy and has probative value accepted by reasonable and prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs. The Authority shall not be required to make a finding that the hearsay meets this standard. If the Authority admits the hearsay it shall be conclusively presumed that the hearsay met this standard unless the Authority makes findings to the contrary.

(c) The Authority shall have the authority to exclude testimony and other evidence as irrelevant, cumulative, or on the ground that the witness does not have standing and was not called as a witness by a party who does have standing.

(d) The Authority may take administrative notice of any matter contained in its file.

(e) If Town Council has appointed a Board to act as the Authority, the Board may delegate to the chair or another member of the Board the authority to make procedural and evidentiary rulings at any hearing, but every member of the Board present shall vote on the findings and conclusions at the close of the hearing. (Ord. 1348, 2011; Ord. 1463 §4, 2018)