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Committees

The main committee of the Council is Full Council made up of all thirteen members and chaired by the Mayor. The Mayor for the municipal year 2024–2025 is Councillor Stacie Allensby and she stays in office until Monday 12th May 2025. Councillors are summoned to Full Council meetings as a statutory duty.

The other committees are formed to establish a method of decision making which is the Councillors’ main role. Warminster has six committees but also has a CCTV Sub Committee, which is closed due to the confidential nature of the items being discussed, and a number of working groups to facilitate consultation, ideas and background details to projects it wishes to take up.

Suggestions for agenda items can be forwarded to the Town Clerk. It is helpful if agenda items can be submitted at least 10 days in advance of a scheduled meeting to aid preparation.

The Finance and Audit Committee oversees the Town Council’s budgets to ensure all expenditure is authorised where necessary and income is collected. The Committee may undertake an audit and scrutiny of any spending decision by any committee or officer.  The Committee manages the following assets of the town that the Council owns or manages: Dewey House; Warminster Civic Centre; the Tyning allotments, and any other asset not managed by another Committee

The Committee members for 2024-2025 are:

  • Denis Brett
  • Andrew Cooper
  • Steve Jeffries
  • Phil Keeble
  • Paul Macfarlane
  • Chris Robbins

The HR Committee is responsible for: all staffing matters for the Council; all training and development matters, including elected Members; all Health & Safety issues and the relevant required risk assessments; and dealing with any complaints made against the town council in accordance with the Council’s Complaints Procedure.

 

The Highways Advisory Committee considers all issues in the remit of the Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG), making referrals as appropriate, and approving any financial contributions required.

The Committee Members for 2024-2025 are:

  • Andrew Cooper
  • Andrew Davis
  • Sue Fraser
  • James Kirkwood
  • Bill Parks
  • Len Turner (Advisor)

The Parks and Estate Committee manages the park and recreation related assets owned or maintained by the town council. These include the Lake Pleasure Grounds, the Pavilion Café, the Boat House, Play Areas, Closed Church Yards, the War Memorial, the Obelisk and Yeates Meadow, Boreham Cemetery and Ashley Place amenity space. The committee manages projects which directly affect these assets and services, and requests to use said services or assets.

The Committee Members for 2024-2025 are:

  • Stacie Allensby
  • Denis Brett
  • Andrew Cooper
  • Sue Fraser
  • Steve Jeffries
  • Jack Jones
  • Paul Macfarlane

The Planning Advisory Committee meets to consider all planning applications in the town. Comments are sent to Wiltshire Council as part of their consultation procedure. The aim is to use Planning Law, the National Planning Policy Framework, Wiltshire Council’s Core Strategy, Policy and Periodic Planning Guidance notes to preserve and enhance the town’s character, whilst encouraging its commercial and social vitality. It will also consider the policies, aspirations and recommendations of the Neighbourhood Plan Review Working Group.

The Committee Members for 2024-2025 are:

  • Stacie Allensby
  • Sue Fraser
  • Steve Jeffries
  • Phil Keeble
  • James Kirkwood
  • Liz Lee
  • Chris Robbins

The Town Development Committee co-ordinates all transport, highways and environmental issues in the town. These include CCTV, lighting, spatial planning, road maintenance, new highway projects and speed limits, rural footpaths, and town settlement boundary issues, byways and all other rights of way and flooding issues. The Town Development Committee shall consider how to promote the town as a place to live, work and enjoy. This shall include consideration of events, publicity and marketing and the promotion of the town as a destination for visitors.

The Committee Members for 2024-2025 are:

  • Andrew Davis
  • Jack Jones
  • Phil Keeble
  • James Kirkwood
  • Liz Lee
  • Paul Macfarlane
  • Chris Robbins
  • Len Turner (Advisor)
  • Matt Towl (Advisor)

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