Eunja Palmén - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Eunja Palmén

Liberal Democrats

Email: eunja.palmen@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Guest Part I) Health Select Committee (Committee Member) Trowbridge Area Board (Committee Member) Strategic Planning Committee (Guest Part I) Council (Committee Member) Environment Select Committee (Substitute) Western Area Planning Committee

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Health Select Committee Committee Member

Health Select Committee - Wednesday 11 March 2026 10.30 am

The Health Select Committee is scheduled to consider the executive response to the Urgent Care Rapid Scrutiny Group's final report, alongside updates on Adult Social Care performance and the future of the BSW Long Covid Service. The committee will also receive an overview of the Cluster Integrated Care Board's operating model.

March 11, 2026, 10:30 am
Council Committee Member

Council - Tuesday, 24 February 2026 - 10.30 am

The Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday 24 February 2026 was set to address the Wiltshire Council Budget for 2026/27 and the Medium Term Financial Strategy for 2026/27-2028/29. This significant agenda item included consideration of various updates, amendments, and an alternative budget proposal. The meeting also included a section for public participation, where residents could raise questions and make statements on a range of council matters.

February 24, 2026, 10:30 am
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.30 am

The Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee of Wiltshire Council met on 28 January 2026 to review the Q3 performance and risk monitoring report for 2025/26, discuss the executive's response to a rapid scrutiny exercise on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and consider a proposal for a new task group to review Area Board grant funding. The committee also received updates on various task group activities and the forward work programmes of select committees.

January 28, 2026, 10:30 am
Health Select Committee Committee Member

Health Select Committee - Wednesday 14 January 2026 10.30 am

The Health Select Committee of Wiltshire Council met on 14 January 2026 to discuss the Wiltshire Health and Wellbeing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2025 and the findings of a rapid scrutiny exercise on urgent care services. The committee also received updates on the Unpaid Carers contract and the Trowbridge Integrated Care Centre.

January 14, 2026
Council Committee Member

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.

January 07, 2026

Decisions from Meetings

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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: 34

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 12