The main committee of the Council is Full Council made up of all thirteen members and chaired by the Mayor. The Mayor for the municipal year 2013–2014 is Councillor Paul Batchelor and he stays in office until Monday 12th May 2014. Councillors are summoned to Full Council meetings as a statutory duty. The other committees are formed to establish a method of decision making made which is the Councillors' main role. Warminster has four committees but also has a number of working groups to facilitate consultation, ideas and background details to proejcts it wishes to take up. Suggestions for agenda items can be forwarded to the Town Clerk. It is helpful if agenda items can be submitted at least 10 days in advance of a scheulded meeting to aid preparation.
The Finance & Assets committee manages the Town Council’s budgets to ensure all expenditure is authorised where necessary and income is collected. The committee manages the assets of the town which it owns such as Dewey House, Warminster Civic Centre, a small number of bus shelters, 22 seats and benches, The Obelisk, War Memorial, Minster and Boreham closed churchyards and Ashley Place amenity space. In addition the Council maintains, whilst renting, the National Trust Field on Boreham Road known as Yeates Meadow.
The Committee members are:
- Paul Batchelor
- Jamie Cullen
- Steve Dancey
- Kate Fryer - Vice Chair
- Keith Humphries
- Pip Ridout - Chair
- Steve Welling
The Planning Advisory Committee meets every three weeks or when necessary to consider all planning applications in the town. Comments are sent to Wiltshire Council as part of their consultation procedure. The aim is to use Planning Law, Policy and Periodic Planning Guidance notes to preserve and enhance the town's character, whilst encouraging its commercial and social vitality.
The Committee Members are:
- Jamie Cullen
- Andrew Davis
- Nick Domkowski
- Sue Fraser - Chair
- Rob Fryer
- George Jolley - Vice Chair
- Paul Macdonald
The HR Committee is responsible for all staffing matters for the whole Council group and includes all training and development matters including elected members. The Committee will also be responsible for all Health & Safety issues and the relevant required risk assessments.
Membership is the Mayor and Deputy Mayor plus Chairs of Town Development, Planning Advisory and Finance and Assetsl committees. These meetings are not open to the public.
The Town Development Committee co-ordinates all Transport, Highways and Environmental issues in the Town. These include play areas, lighting, road maintenance, new Highway projects and speed limits. In addition the Parish Steward programme rural footpaths, byways and all other rights of way and flooding.
The Committee Members are:
- Steve Dancey
- Andrew Davis
- Sue Fraser
- Rob Fryer - Chair
- George Jolley
- Paul Macdonald - Vice Chair
- Steve Welling
Outside Representatives co-opted:
- C Montagu
- W Parks
