15. Before the hearing is held, the board may convene the parties to a pre-trial conference before a commissioner in order to plan the proceedings and discuss the presentation of the evidence at the hearing; appropriate means to simplify, facilitate and accelerate the proceedings are to be examined.
The agreements and decisions made at the pre-trial conference are noted in minute form and are signed by the parties and by the commissioner who presides at the conference.
Decision 92-11-23, s. 15.