Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman of the Area Board for the forthcoming municipal year.

Councillor Christopher Newbury was elected Chairman of the Area Board for the forthcoming municipal year.

To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Area Board for the forthcoming municipal year.

Councillor Andrew Davis was elected Vice-Chairman of the Area Board for the forthcoming municipal year.

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Warminster Area Board and thanked Councillor Andrew Davies for his Chairmanship of the Area Board over the last four years.

There were no apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm or amend the appointment of councillors to outside bodies and working groups.

The Board considered the appointments to Outside Bodies and Working Groups, set out in the Appendix to the report for the forthcoming year 2013/14.

Decision:

1.   That the current appointments to Outside Bodies for 2013/14, as detailed below be noted:

•      Warminster & Villages Community Area Partnership - Councillor Fleur de Rhe-Philipe

•      Warminster and Westbury CCTV Partnership - Councillor Andrew Davis

•      Warminster Town Plan Steering Group - Councillor Keith Humphries

•      Warminster Youth Advisory Group (YAG) - Councillor Pip Ridout

2.   That the Community Area Transport Group be reconstituted with the membership as detailed below:

•      Cllr Christopher Newbury– Chairman (Wiltshire Council)

•      Mike Lucas (Chitterne Parish Clerk)

•      Spencer Drinkwater (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Steve Wilson (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Martin Rose (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Phil Jefferson (Chapmanslade Parish Clerk)

•      Jill Willmot (Chapmanslade Parish Council)

•      Sarah Jefferies (Maiden Bradley Parish Clerk)

•      Jacqui Abbott (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Sally Barnett (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Chris Clark (Wiltshire Council officer)

•      Colin French (Warminster Cycle Group)

•      Heather Abernethie (Warminster Town Clerk)

3.   That the Terms of Reference for the Community Area Transport Group, as detailed in Appendix C of the report, be noted.

Councillor Humphries will ask the Area Board to consider and agree to the following:

‘The Warminster Area Board wishes to register with the Council’s Campus programme and requests that Lucy Murray-Brown be asked to attend a future Area Board meeting to explain and initiate the process of setting up a Shadow Campus Operations Board.’

Councillor Keith Humphries spoke about the importance of Warminster being included in the Campus and Operational Delivery Programme.  He explained that Warminster was in an ideal position to be considered in the programme as a number of community groups were active in the Town and there were strong links with the military which set Warminster apart from other Towns in the County.

Councillor Humphries asked the Area Board to agree the following:

‘The Warminster Area Board wishes to register with the Council’s Campus programme and requests that Lucy Murray-Brown be asked to attend a future Area Board meeting to explain and initiate the process of setting up a Shadow Campus Operations Board.’

The proposal received unanimous support from the Board Members, who asked for a presentation and report with further information about the Programme to the next meeting on 4 July 2013.

Decision:

That the Warminster Area Board wishes to register with the Council’s Campus and Operational Delivery Programme and requests that Lucy Murray-Brown be asked to attend a the Area Board meeting on 4 July 2013 to explain and initiate the process of setting up a Shadow Campus Operations Board.

The next meetings of the Warminster Area Board will be on:

·         4 July 2013 – Chitterne Village Hall

·         5 September 2013 – Maiden Bradely Village Hall

·         7 November 2013 – Warminster Civic Centre

·         4 July 2013 – Chitterne Village Hall

·         5 September 2013 – Maiden Bradley Village Hall

·         7 November 2013 – Warminster Civic Centre