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Renfrewshire Council · 22 May 2025
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Minute of Meeting
Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service
Appeals Panel. 
Date Time Venue
Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 1, 
Present
Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Anne Hannigan, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes,
Councillor Janis McDonald and Councillor Iain Nicolson. 
Chair
Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. 
In Attendance
L Stewart, Operational People Partner and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer (both
Finance & Resources). 
Apology
Councillor MacFarlane. 
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the
commencement of the meeting. 
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.

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1  Environment, Housing & Infrastructure
Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Environment &
Infrastructure following dismissal from the Council’s employment. 
Neither, the appellant, nor their trade union representative, was present. J Wallace,
Infrastructure & Transportation Manager (Environment & Infrastructure) and Y
McLachlan, People Adviser (Finance & Resources) represented management.  
E Gray advised that there had been no contact from the appellant to advise that they
would not be present at the meeting.  
Councillor Burns moved that given the absence of the appellant and their trade union
representative the appeal be allowed to fall and that the appellant be informed of this
decision in writing. This was agreed unanimously.  
DECIDED:  That given the absence of the appellant and their trade union representative
the appeal be allowed to fall and that the appellant be informed of this decision in
writing.