Implementation Executive
The County Council and the four
District Councils are working hard to
ensure that, when the new Council opens
for business in May 2009, you, the
customer, will receive an excellent
service.
This process of becoming one Council is
being overseen by Councillors from all
five authorities: 2 from each District
Council (8 in total), and the 8 Cabinet
Members and Leader from the County
Council. This ‘Implementation
Executive’ currently meets monthly and
the meetings are open to the public.
As Cabinet Member for Culture, I am on
this Executive.
Salisbury City Council
Salisbury is the only part of Wiltshire
to have no parish councils. The bid
for a Wiltshire unitary included a
proposal to set up a Salisbury City
Council, which is basically a parish
council for a city.
New Ward Boundaries
The new Council will have about 98
councillors – to replace the 49 county
and 195 district councillors currently
serving Wiltshire. So the ward
boundaries need to change. After
consulting district and parish
councillors, the County Council has
submitted a proposal to the national
Boundary Committee, who make the final
decision on where the boundaries will
be. Their formal response is awaited.
Senior appointments to the new
Wiltshire Council
The top team of Corporate Directors for
the new Council is now in place. The
second tier of Service Director
appointments are to be made on 30 June
and 1 July. All new senior
appointments are being offered first to
the staff of the five councils. Only
if no appointment can be made from
existing staff is the vacancy then
advertised nationally. The one
exception is the post of Chief
Executive which will be advertised
nationally after the new Council has
come into existence.
Find out more...
To find out more about any aspect of
the move to One Council, go to
www.wiltshire.gov.uk.
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