Cllr Laura Mayes
Email: laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk
Council: Wiltshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
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Devizes Area Board - Monday 1 December 2025 6.30 pm
The Devizes Area Board met to discuss community grants, updates from partner organisations such as Wiltshire Police and Age UK Wiltshire, and to review the area board's priorities. Councillors were also scheduled to hear a presentation on winter highway preparedness and to discuss the upcoming Wiltshire Youth Council elections.
Staffing Policy Committee - Wednesday 26 November 2025 2.00 pm
The Staffing Policy Committee agenda included a bi-annual workforce report, an update on the LEAD management development initiative, and proposed corporate actions in response to the 2025 employee experience survey. Councillors were also scheduled to receive updates on the exit interviews project, and recruitment practices for individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Wednesday 19 November 2025 10.30 am
The Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee met on 19 November 2025, and agreed to note an update on the Wiltshire Community Strategic Partnership's work, including improvements to systems for the public to report anti-social behaviour, and to receive a further update in six months. The committee also endorsed the findings and recommendations of a Rapid Scrutiny Exercise on corporate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), while expressing disappointment at the Executive's limited acceptance of the recommendations, and agreed to consider two notices of motion regarding screenwash and billposting, task group updates, and select committee forward work programmes.
Children's Select Committee - Thursday 13 November 2025 2.00 pm
The Children's Select Committee were scheduled to discuss a range of reports and updates, including the Safety Valve Programme, school attendance, updates from the Department for Education (DfE), education performance outcomes, safeguarding, adoption, and the committee's forward work programme. The meeting was also scheduled to include verbal updates from the Cabinet Member and Directors.
Officer Appointments Committee - Thursday 6 November 2025 9.00 am
The Officer Appointments Committee of Wiltshire Council was scheduled to meet on Thursday 6 November 2025, to discuss the appointment of a Director of Commissioning. The meeting was also scheduled to cover standard agenda items such as apologies, declarations of interest, public participation and confirmation of the minutes from the previous meeting. Due to the confidential nature of the appointment, the public was scheduled to be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of the appointment.
Decisions from Meetings
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Financial Year 2024/25 - Quarter Two Revenue Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024
...to address budget concerns, a new reserve of £0.680m was approved for early support to schools and families, while noting a projected revenue budget overspend of £0.861m, an HRA overspend of £1.042m, a Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budget overspend of £14.942m, and several transfers from earmarked reserves to fund various projects.
For Determination
Local Transport Plan
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024
...to endorse the draft Local Transport Plan (LTP4) 2025-2038, authorise a formal consultation on it, delegate authority for minor changes before publication, and note that a final draft will be presented for adoption after feedback assessment.
Recommendations Approved
Financial Year 2024/25 - Quarter Two Capital Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024
...to approve several budget virements, including funds for Access and Inclusion and Waste, remove grant funding from the HUG 2 programme, note additional budgets, budget removals, and adjustments, budgets brought forward and reprogrammed, budget movements between schemes, the revised capital programme forecast, capital spend, and the use of earmarked reserves for a feasibility study.
For Determination
Future Waste Collection Service Design
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024
...to adopt a Three Stream recycling collection service with an additional container for paper and cardboard, and to delegate decisions about the Material Recovery Facility to the Director for Environment.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 69
Average per Month: 3.0
Decisions Recorded: 53