Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of this meeting.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Margaret Davine be appointed as Chairman of the Panel for the purposes of this meeting.

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

RESOLVED:  No declarations were declared.

[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 - 16

(iii) Management’s Case Statement (pages 17 - 22)

? Appendix 1 (pages 23 -25)

? Appendix 2 (pages 26 - 30)

? Appendix 3 (pages 31 - 34)

? Appendix 4 (pages 35 - 38)

? Appendix 5 (pages 39 - 46)

? Appendix 6 (pages 47 - 50)

? Appendix 7 (pages 51 - 54)

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

RESOLVED:  That the appeal be dismissed.