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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Meeting Room 1.14, First Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ

Contact: Elaine Baker, Democratic Support Officer, tel: 0116 454 6355 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made.

3.

PRIVATE SESSION

PRIVATE SESSION

 

AGENDA

 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

 

Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private. Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

 

The Committee is recommended to consider the following item in private on the grounds that it contains ‘exempt’ information, as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, and consequently that the Committee makes the following resolution:-

 

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to an individual, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information”.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

            that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in the paragraph detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information:

 

Paragraph 1

Information relating to any individual

4.

APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL

The Appellant’s Statement of Case and the Management’s Statement of Case are attached for all parties, along with a collection of background and general information.

Minutes:

The Committee considered an appeal against dismissal from employment with the City Council under the Council’s disciplinary policy.

 

Nicola Graham (Human Resources Team Manager) and Ivan Browne (Director of Public Health) were present as advisors to the Committee.

 

The Management representative was Martin Clewlow Head of Service, Housing. Wendy Webster (Human Resources Advisor) was present as HR advisor to management.

 

The appellant was present and accompanied by Steve Barney (Trade Union representative).

 

The Appellant called three witnesses and management called two witnesses.

 

The Committee carefully considered all the representations made and formed a unanimous view.

 

RESOLVED:

That the appeal be rejected and the management decision to dismiss the appellant be upheld.

 

Reasons:

 

1.    The Committee were concerned by the behaviour of the appellant on the date in question and agreed with management’s view that his actions constituted physical assault which placed himself and others at risk.

 

2.    The Committee felt that, despite the appellants reflection, apology and previous good service, they could not be confident that the appellant may not behave this way again in the future.  For this reason, it was the unanimous decision of the committee to uphold management’s decision to dismiss.

5.

CLOSE OF MEETING

Minutes:

The meeting closed at 2.30pm