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Election of a Chair for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year. Decision: Councillor D W W Thomas appointed. Minutes: Resolved that Councillor D W W Thomas be elected Chair for the 2021-2022 Municipal year. (Councillor D W W Thomas presided) |
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Election of a Vice Chair for the 2021-2022 Municipal Year. Decision: Councillor J A Hale appointed. Minutes: Resolved that Councillor J A Hale be elected Vice-Chair for the 2021-2022 Municipal year. |
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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Decision: None. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City
& County of Swansea, no interests were declared. |
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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Decision: Approved. Minutes: Resolved that the
Minutes of the meetings of the Appeals and Awards Committee held on 26 January
be signed and approved as a correct record. |
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Exclusion of the Public. PDF 238 KB Decision: Resolved that the Public be excluded. Minutes: The Committee was requested to
exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item(s) of
business identified in its recommendation(s) to the report on the grounds that
it/they involve(s) the disclosure of exempt information as set out in the
exclusion paragraph of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as
amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales)
Order 2007, relevant to the item(s) of business set out in the report. The Committee considered the Public
Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for
the items of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in
the report. Resolved that the public be excluded for the following items on the
agenda. (Closed Session) |
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Allegation of Bullying and Harassment. Decision: Resolved that: - 1)
The
matter be referred to a Designated Independent Person (DIP) in order that an
investigation can be undertaken into the allegations of bullying and harassment
made by the complainant; 2)
During
the period of the investigation, formal suspension would not take place subject
to a satisfactory risk assessment being undertaken to ensure that the interests
of both parties are protected. Minutes: Adrian Chard, Strategic Human Resources & Organisational
Development Manager presented the Committee with a report into an allegation of
bullying and harassment. Written representations
were provided within the report from the Officers concerned. The Committee received verbal representations from the
Officer concerned, who was accompanied by their Trade Union representative,
Chris Cooze, Unison. Resolved that: - 1)
The matter
be referred to a Designated Independent Person (DIP) in order that an
investigation can be undertaken into the allegations of bullying and harassment
made by the complainant; 2)
During
the period of the investigation, formal suspension would not take place subject
to a satisfactory risk assessment being undertaken to ensure that the interests
of both parties are protected. |