Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of the meeting.

RESOLVED: That Councillor Lurline Champagne 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 all Members of the Panel.

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)               Grievance Procedure (Pages 2-6)

(iii)             Appellant’s Statement (Pages 7-9)

Appendix One (Pages 10-11)

Appendix Two (Pages 12-14)

Appendix Three (Pages 15-18)

Appendix Four (Page 19)

Appendix Five (Pages 20-21)

Appendix Six (Pages 22-28)

Appendix Seven (Pages 29-32)

Appendix Eight (Page 33)

Appendix Nine (Page 34)

Appendix Ten (Pages 35-36)

Appendix Eleven (Pages 37-74)

(iv)             Management’s Case Statement (Pages 75-82)

Appendix One (Pages 83-84)

Appendix Two (Pages 85-89)

Appendix Three (Page 90)

Appendix Four (Pages 91-94)

Appendix Five (Pages 95-96)

Appendix Six (Page 97)

Appendix Seven (Pages 98-102)

Appendix Eight (Page 103)

Appendix Nine (Pages 104-106)

Appendix Ten (Pages 107-109)

Appendix Eleven (Pages 110-111)

Appendix Twelve (Page 112)

Appendix Thirteen (Page 113)

Appendix Fourteen (Pages 114-117)

Appendix Fifteen (Page 118)

Appendix Sixteen (Pages 119-120)

Appendix Seventeen (Page 121)

[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 both the written and verbal evidence presented by the appellant and the written and verbal evidence presented by management, the Panel

RESOLVED: That (1) the appeal be upheld in part;

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