Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the purposes of this meeting.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Matthew Goodwin-Freeman be appointed Chair of the Personnel Appeals Panel.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members of the Panel.

RESOLVED:  To note that the following declarations were declared:

Agenda Item 5 - Disciplinary Appeal

Councillor Matthew Goodwin-Freeman declared a non-pecuniary interest in that he did forward an email sent by the appellant.  He would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

[Note:  Personnel Appeals Panel minutes are:-

(1)          approved following each meeting by the Members serving on that particular occasion and signed as a correct record by the Chairman for that meeting;

(2)          not submitted to the next panel meeting for approval.

Reasons: The Personnel Appeals Panel is constituted from a pooled membership.  Consequently, a subsequent Panel meeting is likely to comprise a different Chairman and Members who took no part in the previous meeting’s proceedings.  The process referred to at (1) above provides appropriate approval scrutiny].

(See Note at conclusion of these minutes).

To resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence, or of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972:

RESOLVED:  That in accordance with Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item for the reason set out below:

5. DISCIPLINARY APPEAL (Pages 5 - 978)

(i) Procedure for Hearing and Disciplinary Procedure (pages 5-46)

(ii) Appellant’s Case Statement (pages 47-56)

Appendix 1a to 1f (pages 57-112)

Appendix 2 (pages 113 - 114)

Appendix 3a to 3d (pages 115 - 122)

Appendix 4a to 4f (pages 123 - 138)

Appendix 5a to 5d (pages 139 - 152)

Appendix 6a to 6g (pages 153 - 176)

Appendix 7a to 7f (pages 177 - 412)

Appendix 8a to 8c (pages 413 - 464)

(iii) Management’s Case Statement (pages 467-978)

The Panel carefully considered the verbal and written evidence provided by both the appellant and management.

RESOLVED (unanimously):  That the appeal be dismissed.

[Note:  Personnel Appeals Panel minutes are:-

(1)            approved following each meeting by the Members serving on that particular occasion and signed as a correct record by the Chair for that meeting;

(2)            not submitted to the next panel meeting for approval.

Reasons:  The Personnel Appeals Panel is constituted from a pooled membership.  Consequently, a subsequent Panel meeting is likely to comprise a different Chair and Members who took no part in the previous meeting’s proceedings.  The process referred to at (1) above provides appropriate approval scrutiny].