Laura Mayes - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Laura Mayes

 Conservative  Chairman of the Council

Email: laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Eastern Area Planning Committee (Substitute) Officer Appointments Committee (Substitute) Council (Chairman) Appeals Sub-Committee (School Transport) (Substitute - Part II) Staffing Policy Committee (Committee Member) Children's Select Committee (Chair, Committee Member) Cabinet Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) Cabinet Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Committee Committee Member

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.

December 01, 2025
Staffing Policy Committee Committee Member

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).

November 26, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

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.

November 19, 2025
Children's Select Committee Chair

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.

November 13, 2025
Officer Appointments Committee Substitute

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.

November 06, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Devolution Update

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 10 December 2024 10.00 am - December 10, 2024

...to submit a revised expression of interest to the government regarding devolution and to continue discussions with neighboring councils and the government.

Recommendations Approved

Library Strategy 2025 - 2030

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 10 December 2024 10.00 am - December 10, 2024

...to approve the Library Strategy 2025-2030, a five-year plan outlining how the library service will meet council priorities and customer needs.

Recommendations Approved

Recommissioning of Speech and Language Therapy Service

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 10 December 2024 10.00 am - December 10, 2024

...to improve speech and language therapy services for schools and early years settings, the Cabinet agreed to commission these services with a co-produced specification, invest an additional £2,280,000, and delegate contract approval to the Director of Commissioning and Director of Education and Skills.

Recommendations Approved

Future Commissioning of Care Homes

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024

...to approve the proposals detailed in the Part II report regarding the future commissioning of care homes, and to note the reasons for those decisions as detailed in the same report.

Recommendations Approved

Performance and Risk Report 2024-25 Quarter Two

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 19 November 2024 10.00 am - November 18, 2024

...to note and agree to the performance against selected measures mapped to the Council's strategic priorities and the Strategic Risk Summary, providing a quarterly update on progress against the Business Plan and the Council's strategic risks.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 69

Average per Month: 3.0

Decisions Recorded: 53