Cllr Barry Pirie
Email: barry.pirie@wiltshire.gov.uk
Council: Wiltshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
25 meetings · Page 1 of 5
Warminster Area Board - Thursday 12 February 2026 7.00 pm
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.30 am
The Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee of Wiltshire Council was scheduled to meet on Wednesday 28 January 2026 to review the council's performance and risk monitoring for the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year. The committee was also set to consider the executive's response to recommendations from a rapid scrutiny exercise on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), discuss a proposal for a task group to review Area Board grant funding, and receive updates from various task groups and select committees.
Staffing Policy Committee - Wednesday 28 January 2026 2.00 pm
The Staffing Policy Committee of Wiltshire Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 28 January 2026. The meeting's agenda includes a review of the Human Resources & Organisational Development (HR&OD) strategic priorities for 2026, an update on sickness absence, and the proposed Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27. Additionally, the committee will consider new policies on hybrid working, kinship leave, and bereavement leave.
Extraordinary Meeting, Council - Wednesday 7 January 2026 10.30 am
Wiltshire Council's extraordinary meeting on 7 January 2026 saw a significant debate on the proposed disposal of St Stephen's Multi-Storey Car Park in Trowbridge, which was ultimately defeated by a tied vote. Councillors also discussed and approved an extension to the council tax premium on long-term empty homes, but rejected a proposal to introduce a premium on second homes.
Warminster Area Board - Thursday 11 December 2025 7.00 pm
The Warminster Area Board was scheduled to meet to discuss community grant funding, updates from partners such as Wiltshire Police, and local priorities including fire awareness and access to green spaces. Councillors were also expected to review the minutes of the Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG). A briefing note on the Wiltshire Council Parking Plan 2026-2030 was also included.
Decisions from Meetings
15 decisions · Page 1 of 3
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
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
Summary
Meetings Attended: 25
Average per Month: 2.5
Decisions Recorded: 15