APPROVED Minutes of Appeals Committee 28 08 25
West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 August 2025
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APPEALS COMMITTEE At a meeting of the Appeals Committee held in the Brock Meeting Room, 16, Church Street, Dumbarton G82 1QL on Thursday, 28 August 2025 at 9.30 a.m. Present: Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors Ian Dickson, Fiona Hennebry (Chair) and Clare Steel. Attending: Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Michael McDougall – Manager of Legal Services; and Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer. Councillor Fiona Hennebry in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Appeals Committee held on 13 February 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. 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 would be followed at this Hearing of Appeal. APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL (REF:APP/25/05) There were submitted background papers relating to an appeal that had been submitted to the Council in relation to a dismissal.
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The Appellant was present and supported by a family member. Ms Anne Kane, Integrated Operations Manager, was in attendance to present the case on behalf of Management. Ms Leeanne Galasso, People and Change Partner, was in attendance as a Human Resources Adviser to Ms Kane. Ms Kane presented the case for Management and thereafter answered questions from the appellant and Members of the Committee. A witness was called by Ms Kane. The witness answered questions from Ms Kane, the appellant and Members of the Committee. The Appellant then presented their case. The Appellant then answered questions from Ms Kane and Members of the Committee. Ms Kane and then the Appellant summed up their respective cases and thereafter both parties withdrew from the meeting. After the Committee deliberated the matter in private, both parties were re-admitted to the meeting and advised that, having heard all the evidence submitted, the grounds of the appeal had been substantiated in part; the appeal being upheld to the extent that the dismissal is substituted for a written warning, which will remain on file for six months from the date of this hearing. The Appellant will be reinstated by West Dunbartonshire Council from the point of dismissal. Mr McDougall advised that the decision would be issued in writing. The meeting closed at 12.54 p.m.