Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of this meeting.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Joyce Nickolay be appointed Chairman 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 interest was declared:

Agenda Item 5 – Disciplinary Hearing

Councillor Graham Henson declared a non-pecuniary interest in that he was a Ward Councillor for Roxbourne Ward, in which the appellant’s place of work was situated.  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:

(i) Procedure for Hearing & Conduct Procedure (pages 1 - 10)

(ii) Appellant’s Case Statement (pages 11-274)

? Appendix A (pages 14-19)

? Appendix B (pages 20-62)

? Appendix C (pages 63-136)

? Appendix D (pages 137-140)

? Appendix E (pages 141-167)

? Appendix F (pages 168-189)

? Appendix G (pages 190-214)

? Appendix H (pages 215-216)

? Appendix I (pages 217-256)

? Appendix J (pages 257-260)

? Appendix K (pages 261-263)

? Appendix L (pages 264-268)

? Appendix M (pages 269-274)

(iii) Management’s Case Statement (pages 275-982)

? Appendix 1 (pages 283-286)

? Appendix 2 (pages 287-324)

? Appendix 3 (pages 325-896)

? Appendix 4 (page 897-946 )

? Appendix 5 (pages 947-964)

? Appendix 6 (pages 965-966 )

? Appendix 7 (pages 967-968)

? Appendix 8 (pages 969-970)

? Appendix 9 (pages 971-972)

? Appendix 10 (pages 973-974)

? Appendix 11 (pages 975-976)

? Appendix 12 (pages 977-978)

? Appendix 13 (pages 979-980)

? Appendix 14 (pages 981-982)

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

RESOLVED:  That the appeal be dismissed.