Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
 | County Cllr mary Douglas: Towards the new Wiltshire Council |
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Paving the Way for a new Council
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: two from each District Council (eight in total), and the eight Cabinet Members and Leader from the County Council. This ‘Implementation Executive’ currently meets monthly and the meetings are open to the public. As a Cabinet Member, Mary Douglas is on this Executive.
Salisbury City Council
Salisbury city is the only part of Wiltshire without a parish council. The bid for a Wiltshire Unitary Council 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 Com-mittee, 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 and the second teir is currently being appointed. All new senior appointments are being offered first to the staff of the five councils.
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