The Personnel Board of Barking and Dagenham Council was scheduled to convene on Tuesday, 23 January 2024. The meeting's agenda indicated that the board would consider an appeal against dismissal. The majority of the meeting was designated as private business, relating to individual members of staff and exempt from public scrutiny under the Local Government Act 1972.

Appeal Against Dismissal

A significant item on the agenda was the consideration of an Appeal against dismissal . The documentation provided for this item spanned pages 5 to 122 of the agenda papers. This indicates that a detailed review of a dismissal case was scheduled to take place.

The meeting also included standard procedural items such as apologies for absence and declarations of interest from members. The Chair had the discretion to address any urgent public items and to determine if the remainder of the meeting should be held in private due to the sensitive nature of the business, as outlined in the agenda. The agenda specified that the private business items related to individual members of staff and were exempt from publication under paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The attendees listed for the meeting were Cllr Emily Rodwell (Chair), Cllr Fatuma Nalule (Deputy Chair), Cllr John Dulwich (Labour Group Chief Whip), Michelle Coleman, Jacqui O'Brien, Katherine Gilcreest BEM, Penny Robinson, and John Dawe. The contact officer for the meeting was John Dawe.