DRAFT Minutes of Appeals Committee 24 09 26
West Dunbartonshire Council · 24 September 2026
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APPEALS COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Appeals Committee held in Brock Meeting Room, Council Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 9.31 a.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, Jonathan McColl, Chris Pollock and Hazel Sorrell. Attending: Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Graeme Forrester, Legal Officer; and Carly Chisholm and Scott Kelly, Committee Officers. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR Having heard the Legal Officer, the Committee agreed that Councillor McColl should chair the meeting. Accordingly, Councillor McColl assumed the Chair. Councillor Jonathan McColl in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS The Minutes of Meetings of the Appeals Committee held on 27 November 2025 and 26 March 2026 were submitted and approved as correct records. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Committee agreed to approve the following resolution:- “That under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A to the Act”. PROCEDURE The Committee agreed to note the ‘Appeals Committee Hearings – Dismissal Appeals Process’ which would be followed at this Hearing of Appeal.
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APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL (REF: APP/26/02) There were submitted background papers relating to an appeal concerning a dismissal. Nicola Pettigrew, Housing Operations Manager, was in attendance to present the case on behalf of Management. Claire Murray, HR Adviser, was in attendance as a as an adviser to Mrs Pettigrew. Ms Pettigrew presented the case for Management and thereafter answered questions from the Appellant and Members of the Committee. The Appellant then presented his case and answered questions from Members of the Committee. ADJOURNMENT The Chair adjourned the meeting for a short recess. The meeting reconvened at 11:19 a.m. with all those listed above present. Ms Pettigrew and then the appellant summed up their respective cases and thereafter both parties withdrew from the meeting. After the Committee had deliberated the matter in private, both parties were re- admitted to the meeting and advised that, having heard all the evidence submitted, the Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeal not been substantiated and the appeal against dismissal was not upheld. The Chair advised that the decision would be issued to the Appellant in writing. The meeting closed at 11:57 a.m.