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Renfrewshire Council · 31 May 2024
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Minute of Special Meeting
Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service
Appeals Panel. 
Date Time Venue
Friday, 31 May 2024 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 1, Council
Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton
Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN 
Present
Councillor Fiona Airlie-Nicolson Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Gilliam Graham,
Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Anne Hannigan and Councillor Cathy McEwan.   
Chair
Councillor Burns, Convener, presided.   
In Attendance
K Clark, Strategic Lead Partner (People), P Wilson, Operational People Partner and E
Currie, Senior Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources).   
Apology
Councillor Hughes.   
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the
commencement of the meeting.

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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Appeals Panel resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting
during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the
nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were
present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in
paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.   
1 Environment, Housing & Infrastructure
Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Environment,
Housing & Infrastructure following dismissal from the Council’s employment. 
The appellant appeared together with J Boylan (UNISON) in relation to the appeal. L
Ward, Waste & Recycling Manager (Environment, Housing & Infrastructure) and N
Meechan, People Adviser (Finance & Resources) represented management. 
L Ward presented the management case. Thereafter, the appellant’s side and members
of the panel had an opportunity to question the management’s side and evidence
presented. 
Adjournment 
The meeting adjourned at 10.45 am and reconvened at 11.20 am. 
J Boylan presented the appellant’s case. Thereafter, the management side and
members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the appellant’s side and evidence
presented. 
Both sides summed up their position and then withdrew from the meeting to allow the
Panel to consider the matter and reach a decision. 
Both parties were recalled and advised by the Convener that the Appeals Panel had
agreed that the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal
was  not upheld. 
DECIDED: That the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and that the
appeal was not upheld.