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RULE 4. CONTESTED CASE PROCEDURE PART 1. General Provisions. 4-1Purpose This rule governs contested case procedure before the Commission whenever it is required by law; provided that any procedure in a contested case may be modified or waived by stipulation of the parties, and informal disposition may be made of any contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default. This procedure shall be used in all cases where the action of the Commission is the final action of a County official or agency, prior to the opportunity for appeal to Circuit Court, whenever it is required. It shall therefore be followed in all cases where State statutes provide for direct appeal from the Commission to Circuit Court. 4-2Conflict with Other Time and Notice Requirements In any case of conflict of time and notice requirements between this rule and any other rule of the Commission, the provisions of this rule shall be applied. 4-3Service of Notices, Documents, and Other Papers (a) Upon Whom Served. All notices, documents, and other papers shall be served on the Commission and all parties, except that where a party is represented, such representative shall be served, rather than the party. (b) Method of Service. Service shall be made by personal delivery, first-class mail, certified or registered mail or by other means authorized by law. If by mail, service shall be regarded as complete upon the mailing of an item which is properly stamped and addressed. (c) Additional Time after Service by Mail. Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act within a prescribed period after the service of a notice, document, or paper upon that party by mail, two days shall be added to the prescribed period. 4-4Presiding Officer (a) Person Presiding. The chairperson of the Commission, one of its members, or a hearing officer duly appointed and designated, shall preside at the hearing. (b) Powers. The presiding officer controls the course of hearings, administers oaths, rules on questions of evidence, holds appropriate conferences before or during hearings, rules upon all objections or motions which do not involve a final determination of the proceeding, receives offers of proof, fixes the time for the filing of briefs, disposes of any other matter that normally and properly arises in 4-1