The Leader appoints portfolio holders, from among the Cabinet members, to act as spokespersons for the service areas. Portfolio holder duties.

Councillor Ian Davison - Strategic Leadership

  • Corporate Policy
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Leisure Development Programme
  • Programme Team - Development & Delivery of Major public realm projects
  • Information Governance
  • Civic & Committee
  • Performance Management
  • Corporate Support
  • Electoral Services
  • Climate Emergency Action Plan
  • Biodiversity Action Plan

Councillor Jonathan Chilvers - Resources 

  • Accountancy
  • Audit & Risk
  • Procurement, Purchasing & Payments
  • Exchequer (Council Tax & Business Rates
  • Financial oversight of Milverton Homes

Councillor Lowell Williams - Climate Change

  • Strategy for new WDC buildings (including housing stock) being zero carbon in use
  • High-level framework for decarbonisation of existing Council homes and all Council buildings

Councillor Helen Adkins - Housing and Assets

  • Housing Needs
  • Landlord Services (less Community Health & Well-being)
  • Housing Strategy and Development
  • Business Development and Change, within Housing
  • Milverton Homes and Joint venture
  • Delivery of new homes
  • Delivery of retro fit of fire safety, decent homes and decarbonisation programmes of HRA stock
  • Compliance, Repairs & Maintenance Facilities
  • Technical Surveying & management of contracts for Housing Investment Programme / Decent Homes works
  • Building Surveying
  • Internal Health & Safety
  • Delivery of retro fit of fire safety, and decarbonisation programmes of Non HRA buildings

Councillor Ella Billiald - Arts and Economy 

  • Economic Development & Regeneration
    • Including events, markets and tourism
  • Arts & Culture
    • Town Hall
    • Spa Centre
    • Pump Rooms
    • Art Gallery & Museum and
    • Arts development

Councillor Chris King - Place

  • Building Control
  • Development Management
    • Development Control
    • Planning Enforcement
    • Land Charges
    • Planning Conservation
  • Planning Policy & Delivery, including Local Plan and all DPD's

Councillor Will Roberts - Neighbourhood

  • Bereavement Services
  • Contract Services
  • Public Conveniences
  • Off street Car Parking & Rangers
  • Refuse & Recycling Collections
  • Street Cleansing
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Green Spaces
    • Play Areas
    • Green Space strategy
    • Wildlife Strategy

Councillor Jim Sinnott - Communities and Leisure    

  • Environmental Health & Licencing
    • Environmental protection
    • Food safety
    • Health & Safety
    • Licensing
  • Community Safety
    • CCTV
    • Emergency Planning
    • Community Safety
    • Safeguarding
  • Sports & Leisure
    • Leisure contracts
    • Outdoor sport
    • Active communities
  • Communities
  • Health & Wellbeing

Councillor Jessica Melrose - Transformation

  • Helpdesk & Technical Support
  • Infrastructure,
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
    • Digital Mapping Services
    • Local Land & Property Gazetteer (LLPG)
    • Street Naming & Numbering
  • Transformation & Applications Support
  • Benefits & Customer Services
  • Broadband delivery
  • People
    • HR
    • Employee relations
    • People Management
    • Corporate Payroll
  • Learning & Development
  • Marketing & Communications
    • Media
    • Design
    • Website
    • Print Room