Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

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

No declarations of interest were made.

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”.

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

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.

The Committee considered an appeal against dismissal under the Council’s Disciplinary Procedure.

After hearing representations from the appellant and management, and having considered all of the written and oral evidence presented, the Committee determined that the grounds of appeal were not made out.

The Committee was satisfied that the original finding of gross misconduct was reasonable in the circumstances and that the sanction of dismissal fell within the range of reasonable responses available to management.

Accordingly, the appeal was **dismissed**.

In reaching its decision, the Committee had regard to the conduct in question, the evidence presented, and the proportionality of the sanction imposed.

The Committee also made a number of general observations to management for consideration in relation to relevant service practices.

CLOSE OF MEETING: 1.30pm