The Senior Officers Employment Sub-Committee of Wiltshire Council is scheduled to convene on Tuesday 5 May 2026. The meeting's agenda includes discussions regarding changes to the senior management structure, which will likely involve the termination of employment for several senior officers. The public will be excluded from these discussions due to the likely disclosure of exempt information.

Amended Senior Management Structure

The primary focus of the meeting, as indicated by the agenda, will be the Amended Senior Management Structure. This will be addressed in several agenda items, specifically items 7 through 10, which all relate to the Termination of employment following changes to the senior management structure. The report pack for the meeting, titled Public reports pack Tuesday 05-May-2026 14.30 Senior Officers Employment Sub-Committee, outlines these discussions.

The agenda indicates that the public will be excluded from these discussions. This is because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public. ¹

The meeting is scheduled to take place in the Kennet Room at County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN. The attendees for this meeting include Cllr Mel Jacob (Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Communities, Engagement, and Corporate Services), Cllr Matt Bragg, and Cllr Gregory Cooper. Cllr Ian Thorn (Leader of the Council) is listed as a substitute.

The meeting will also include standard procedural items such as the election of a Chairman, apologies for absence, and declarations of interest. There will be an opportunity for public participation, where members of the public can submit statements or questions in advance of the meeting. The deadline for written questions to guarantee a written response was 5pm on 27 April 2026, with a later deadline of 5pm on 29 April 2026 for verbal responses. The Agenda frontsheet Tuesday 05-May-2026 14.30 Senior Officers Employment Sub-Committee provides further details on public participation procedures.