Agenda and minutes

[Note:  The meetings programmed for 13 March and 30 April 2007 to hear this Appeal were postponed due to non-attendance by the appellant and the need for submission of further documentation respectively.]

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of the meeting.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Mrs Camilla Bath be appointed Chairman of the Panel for the purposes of the meeting.

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members in relation to the business transacted at this meeting.

To consider whether any of the items listed on the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it is thought likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that there would be disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence or of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED:  That the appeal be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it would involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, in that there would be disclosure of information relating to an individual.

[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)               printed into the Council Minute Volume, published monthly;

(3)               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).

(i)                 Procedure for hearing [Page 1]

(ii)               Disciplinary Procedure [Pages 2-8]

(iii)             Appellant’s Statement [Pages 9-13]

(iv)              Management’s Case Statement [14-21]

Appendix A [Pages 22-85]

Appendix B [Pages 86-107]

Appendix C [Page 108]

Appendix D [Pages 109-131]

Appendix E [Pages 132-134]

Appendix F [Page 135]

Appendix G [Pages 136-140]

Appendix H [Pages 141-142]

Appendix I [Pages 143-171]

(Note: The above reports are included in Part II of the agenda as they contain exempt information in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to any individual).

Following careful consideration of the written evidence presented by the appellant and the written and verbal evidence presented by management, the Panel

RESOLVED:  That (1) the appeal be upheld and the final written warning be changed to a first written warning;

(2)  the relevant Corporate Director be made aware of a number of concerns expressed by the Panel in relation to the case.