Meeting documents

Employment Committee
Tuesday, 22nd April, 2008 6.30 pm

Date:

Tuesday, 22nd April, 2008

Time:

06:30 p.m.

Place:

Executive Meeting Room, Town Hall, Reigate

Attendance Details

Present:

Councillor Mrs.J. S.Bray, M.A.Brunt, J.M.Ellacott, Dr.L.R.Hack, Mrs.R.S.Turner

Substitutes:

Councillor R. Harper

Min No	Description	Resolution
Part I
22	MINUTES (Attachment: 1)Minutes	RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 14th February 2008 be approved as a correct record and signed.
23	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS	Councillor Mrs. J. Bray
24	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST	None.
25	ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS	None.
26	EXEMPT BUSINESS	RESOLVED that the Press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that: (i) it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act; and (ii) the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
Part II(Confidential)
27	DISCIPLINARY HEARING: POST NO. 4000 Minute for Minute Number 27	RESOLVED that the decision of the Committee be as set out in the Confidential Minute No. 28 of this meeting.

The meeting closed at 8.40 p.m.

Minute

**Minute**
Min No	Minute
27	A disciplinary hearing was conducted in accordance with the Council's Disciplinary Procedure. The Committee considered a comprehensive report that included details of the Disciplinary Policy and the procedures to be followed by the Committee at this hearing. The report also contained full copies of reports of investigations into the two specific cases that had led to the disciplinary hearing being convened. The Committee also had before them a copy of the Investigating Officer's report, and in accordance with the procedure the Investigating Officer presented the case to the Committee and gave further supporting details at the meeting. The opportunity was given to the post holder and to the Committee to ask any relevant questions of the Investigating Officer. The case statement submitted by the post holder, copies of which formed part of the comprehensive report before Members, was then presented and further details were supplied by the post holder at the meeting. The opportunity was given to the Investigating Officer and to the Committee to ask any relevant questions of the post holder. The Investigating Officer and the post holder were then invited to present a final summing up of their cases following which at 7.50 p.m. they both withdrew from the meeting. The Committee then deliberated in private session.