Item 06 - Minutes of Joint Consultative Forum
West Dunbartonshire Council · 12 November 2025
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JOINT CONSULTATIVE FORUM At a Meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum held in the Council Chambers, Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Tuesday, 18 September 2025 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillors David McBride, Martin Rooney and Gordon Scanlan; Claire Mackenzie (SSTA); Michael McCallion (EIS); David Scott (GMB) and Connor Farmer (UNITE). Attending: Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Gail Macfarlane, Chief Officer – Roads & Neighbourhood; Amanda Graham, Chief Officer – Citizen, Culture and Facilities; Claire Cusick, Senior Education Officer – Services for Children and Young People; Louise Hastings, Strategic People and Change Manager; Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services (Legal Officer); and Natalie Roger, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Michelle McGinty, Lawrence O’Neill and Chris Pollock; Susan Shannon, Gillian Bannatyne and David Smith (Unison); Annmarie Carrigan and John Wagner (GMB); Mick Dolan (EIS); Peter Hessett, Chief Executive; Peter Barry, Chief Officer – Housing; Lesley James, Head of Children’s Health, Care and Justice Services (Chief Social Work Officer); Margaret Jane Cardno, Head of Strategy and Transformation; John Duffy, People, Quality & Governance Lead and Beth Culshaw, Chief Officer – HSCP APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND JOINT SECRETARIES The Legal Officer invited the Forum to consider, in terms of its constitution, a number of appointments for the next year and it was agreed:- (a) that a Chair of the Forum would be agreed between the Trade Unions and confirmed to Michael McDougall; (b) that Councillor David McBride be appointed as the Vice Chair of the Forum, for the Council Side; and (c) that Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology, be appointed as the Joint Secretary for the Council Side and the Trade Unions to confirm the Joint Secretary for the Trades Union Side. ITEM 6
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In the absence of a Chair, and with the consent of the Trade Unions, it was agreed that Councillor McBride would chair the meeting. Accordingly, Councillor McBride assumed the Chair. Councillor David McBride in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum held on 3 June 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. EQUALITIES MONITORING REPORT A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – People and Technology advising of employment equalities matters for the year 2024/25. After discussion and having heard the Chief Officer – People and Technology and the Strategic People and Change Manager in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed note the contents of the report. TRADES UNION ISSUES The Forum noted that the Trades Union have not provided, in advance of the meeting, any issues that they wished to raise. PROGRAMME OF FUTURE MEETINGS The Forum agreed the following programme of future meetings:- Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 2.00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall. Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 2.00 p.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 2.00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall. Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 2.00 p.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton.
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VALEDICATORY CLAIRE MACKENZIE (SSTA) Councillor McBride, Chair, informed the Forum that this would be the last meeting that Claire Mackenzie (SSTA) would attend as she would soon be retiring from Council service. On behalf of the Forum, Councillor McBride thanked her for her contribution to the Forum and to West Dunbartonshire Council and wished her well. Thereafter, Councillor McBride congratulated Louise Hastings on her promotion to Strategic People and Change Manager. The meeting closed at 2.22 p.m
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