Item 06 - JCF Minutes
West Dunbartonshire Council · 4 February 2026
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 4 February 2026 and its agenda
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JOINT CONSULTATIVE FORUM At a Meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, Clydebank on Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillors David McBride, Lawrence O’Neill, Martin Rooney and Gordon Scanlan; Joe Keegan (SSTA); Michael McCallion (EIS), Audrey McKie (Unison) and Sarah Weed (Unite). Attending: Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Gillian Hamilton, Chief Education Officer; Leanne Galasso, People and Change Partner; Clare Murray, HR Advisor; Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services (Legal Officer); and Carly Chisholm, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Michelle McGinty, Chris Pollock and Hazel Sorrell; David Scott and John Wagner (GMB), Connor Farmer (Unite); Gail Macfarlane, Chief Officer – Roads and Neighbourhood; Amanda Graham, Chief Officer – Citizen, Culture and Facilities; Claire Cusick, Senior Education Officer – Services for Children; Margaret Jane Cardno, Head of Strategy and Transformation; Sylvia Chatfield, Head of Mental Health, Addictions and Learning Disabilities; and Louise Hastings, Strategic People and Change Manager. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR With reference to the Minutes of Meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum held on 18 September 2025, the Trades Union Side confirmed Michael McCallion (EIS), as its nomination for the Chair of the Forum, to serve until September 2026. Accordingly, Mr McCallion assumed the Chair. Mr Michael McCallion 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. ITEM 6
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MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minute of Meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum held on 18 September 2025 was submitted and approved as a correct record. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT: ANNUAL UPDATE 2024/25 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – People and Technology providing the annual analysis on employment relations matters and an update on the employee engagement activities for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. After discussion and having heard the Chief Officer – People and Technology and People and Change Partner in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to note the content 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. VALEDICTORY MICHAEL MCDOUGALL, MANAGER OF LEGAL SERVICES Councillor McBride informed the Forum that this would be the last meeting that Michael McDougall, Manager of Legal Services, would attend as he would soon be leaving Council service to return to private practice On behalf of the Forum, Councillor McBride thanked him for his contribution to the Forum and to West Dunbartonshire Council and wished him well. The meeting closed at 2:33 p.m.