Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 22 November 2022
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Minute of Special Meeting Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel. Date Time Venue Tuesday, 22 November 2022 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 2, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN PRESENT Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Neill Graham: Councillor Bruce MacFarlane: Councillor Marie McGurk: Councillor Ben Smith. CHAIR Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. IN ATTENDANCE The appellant and his representative; L Rennie, Operations Manager, M Ure, Lead Officer, Tasking & Development (both Environment & Infrastructure); K Clark, Principal HR and OD Adviser, L Stewart, Senior HR Adviser, C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and D Cunningham, Assistant Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources). APOLOGIES Councillor Alison Ann-Dowling: Councillor John McNaughtan: Councillor Jim Paterson. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest 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 & INFRASTRUCTURE Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Environment & Infrastructure following his dismissal from the Council’s employment. The appellant and his representative attended in relation to the appeal. L Rennie, Operations Manager, Environment & Infrastructure and L Stewart, Senior HR Adviser, Finance & Resources, represented management. L Rennie, Operations Manager, Environment & Infrastructure presented the management case. M Ure, Lead Officer (Tasking & Development), Environment & Infrastructure was called as a witness. The appellant, his representative and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the management representatives, the witness and the evidence presented. The appellant’s representative then presented the appellant’s case to the panel. Thereafter the management representative and members of the Panel were afforded the opportunity to question the appellant and his representative, and the 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. Following discussion, it was the Panel’s decision that the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld. Both parties re-joined the meeting and were informed of the decision by the Convener. DECIDED: That the grounds of the appeal were not substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld.