Cllr Andrew Matthews
Email: andrew.matthews@wiltshire.gov.uk
Council: Wiltshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
15 meetings · Page 3 of 3
Standards Committee - Wednesday 2 July 2025 1.00 pm
The Standards Committee of Wiltshire Council scheduled a meeting to discuss code of conduct complaints, constitutional changes, and appointments to sub-committees and working groups. The meeting was also scheduled to cover a status report on code of conduct complaints, and proposed changes to the constitution.
Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Area Board - Wednesday 18 June 2025 6.30 pm
The Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Area Board met to discuss a range of community issues, including flood resilience, highway improvements, and grant funding for local organisations. The board approved funding for several community projects and discussed ongoing initiatives to support vulnerable adults and improve road safety. Councillor Nick Dye, Cricklade & Latton Division, was in the chair.
Licensing Committee - Monday 16 June 2025 10.30 am
The Licensing Committee was scheduled to meet to discuss a number of licensing issues in Wiltshire, including proposed changes to hackney carriage fees, and updates from the police, passenger transport, taxi licensing and public protection teams. The committee was also scheduled to review the minutes of previous sub-committee meetings and licensing appeals.
Extraordinary - On the rising of Full Council, not before 11am, Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Area Board - Tuesday 20 May 2025 11.00 am
At the Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Area Board meeting, Councillor Nick Dye was elected as Chairman, Councillor Andrew Matthews was elected as Vice-Chairman, and it was decided that all Area Board members would attend the Local Highway and Footway Improvement Group (LHFIG).
Council - Tuesday 20 May 2025 10.30 am
The annual meeting of Wiltshire Council saw Councillor Laura Mayes elected as the new chairman, and Councillor Ruth Hopkinson elected as vice-chairman. Councillor Ian Thorne was appointed leader of the council for 2025-2029, and he announced his cabinet. Councillors also voted to delegate decisions on committee appointments to a later meeting, and to authorise work to establish a new financial scrutiny committee.
Decisions from Meetings
9 decisions · Page 1 of 2
Exclusion of the Press and Public
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am - September 16, 2025
...to exclude the press and public from the meeting for Item Number 14 due to the likely disclosure of exempt financial or business information, where withholding that information was deemed to be in the public interest.
Recommendations Approved
Future Commissioning of community based services
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am - September 16, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter One Capital Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am - September 16, 2025
... to approve the virement of £0.175m to the Stonehenge School project and note additional budgets funded by grants and contributions, budget removals due to lower grant awards, budgets brought forward from future years, budgets reprogrammed to future years, the revised 2025/26 Capital Programme forecast, and the capital spend as of June 30, 2025.
Recommendations Approved
Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter One Revenue Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am - September 16, 2025
...to approve the creation of a new earmarked reserve and a virement of funds, while noting a forecast revenue budget overspend, savings delivery performance, a net operating surplus on the HRA, receipt of grant funding, transfers from reserves, and an overspend against Dedicated Schools Grant budgets.
Recommendations Approved
Land Appropriation
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am - September 16, 2025
...to better align property use with appropriate holding powers, the Cabinet agreed to appropriate assets between the General Fund and the Housing Revenue Account, subject to necessary approvals, and to make corresponding accounting adjustments for the 2025/26 financial year.
For Determination
Summary
Meetings Attended: 15
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 9