Barry Pirie - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Barry Pirie

 Conservative

Email: barry.pirie@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Guest Part I) Staffing Policy Committee (Vice-Chairman) Warminster Area Board (Vice-Chairman) Council (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

21 meetings · Page 3 of 5

Staffing Policy Committee Vice-Chairman

Staffing Policy Committee - Tuesday 2 September 2025 2.00 pm

The Staffing Policy Committee met to discuss several key HR policies and updates. The committee approved amendments to policies regarding compensatory rest, annual leave, and probationary periods, and also approved a new employee volunteering scheme policy. Members also received updates on the council's apprenticeship programme, the No Excuse for Abuse of Our Staff campaign, the 2025 employee experience survey, and the upcoming Employment Rights Bill.

September 02, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Wednesday 23 July 2025 10.30 am

The Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee of Wiltshire Council met on 23 July 2025, to discuss the outline of the Council Plan 2025-2035, the priorities for the new Finance and Procurement Select Committee, and to set up a task group to review the MyWilts app. The committee also agreed to re-establish the Stone Circle Task Group.

July 23, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Tuesday 22 July 2025 10.30 am

Wiltshire Council met on 22 July 2025, and among the topics discussed were youth services, treasury management, a bat mitigation strategy, and a motion to repudiate the council's climate emergency declaration. Councillors also debated and voted on motions regarding weight limits on roads and the Ask Angela scheme.

July 22, 2025
Warminster Area Board Vice-Chairman

Warminster Area Board - Thursday 10 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Warminster Area Board met to discuss community issues, funding requests, and local priorities. The board approved several grants for local initiatives, discussed concerns about speeding and anti-social driving, and received updates from community partners such as the Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum and Wiltshire Police.

July 10, 2025
Staffing Policy Committee CANCELLED Vice-Chairman

Staffing Policy Committee - Tuesday 8 July 2025 2.00 pm

July 08, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

15 decisions · Page 1 of 3

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: 21

Average per Month: 2.6

Decisions Recorded: 15