Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
These days, some meetings are over zoom, some in-person, and others are hybrids that allow both participation through both options. (Most, but not all, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. (Scroll down for details on meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
Monday, June 12, 2023
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House and zoom (agenda, additional materials) Agenda Highlights: MBTA Communities; Town Counsel Support to Planning Board; Dover Amendment Workshop; Update on Accessory Apartments; 206 Turnpike Rd Minor Site Plan; Approval Not Required application for 130 Main St; 6-8 Turnpike Rd As Built Review
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting to discuss the MBTA Communities zoning and prep for meeting with CHAPA (Citizens’ Housing And Planning Assoc.) rep
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Elect officers; Write-off uncollectable FY22 personal property taxes; Abate uncollectable 2020 excise taxes; Sign FY24 preliminary tax commitments and reports to Mass Dept of Revenue; monthly Excise tax abatements; Approve Tax Map Maintenance Contract for FY24; Principal Assessor Performance Review
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens’ Community Room, 49 Boston Road (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve SHA’s FY24 Annual Plan and Operating Budget for State-Aided Public Housing
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Training Room, 32 Cordaville Road (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Annual planning session to determine Board goals for FY24
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town & Schools Technology status updates including Town website update;
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Rec Dept, 21 Highland St (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Elect officers; Updates on programs and Choate Fund; Hiring Approvals for Summer Staff; Kallander field CPA Update; Stanton Foundation Grant Update and Next Steps; Field Permit Fee Revolving Fund; Fall Town Meeting Article Considerations; ARPA Request Update
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Highlights and statistics from May; Strategic plan progress report; Revisit the format of the Director’s Report; Youth Commission membership; ARPA funding update (Status of clinician position; Update from Interface Referral Service; Alternate ideas for ARPA spending); Friends Update
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 8:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Possible vote on asking Select Board to have the DLS (Mass Division of Local Services) perform Financial Management Review of town; Budget planning process and possible additional staffing needs to support; Possible improvements to Advisory Committee Town website; Fire Dept reserve fund request for grant matching funds
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library, 49 Parkerville Road (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Southborough Extended Day Program Update; Neary Building Committee update; Enrollments; Policy 1st Reading – First Reading Conduct of School Committee Meetings B-220
Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Combined School Committees (Southborough, Regional, and Northborough) Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda, Proposed policies) Agenda Highlights: Strategic Plan Update; Reappoint School Physician; Policy change 1st Readings (Parental Notification Relative to Sex Education; Dispensing of Medication) and 2nd Readings (School Based Public Access Defibrillation Program; Naloxone/Narcan Policy); Superintendent’s 2023-2024 Contract
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Friday, June 9, 2023
- Economic Development Committee Meeting, 8:15 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: [Editor’s Note: They tabled everything on agenda except the minutes to their June 28th meeting]
*I don’t include closed Executive Sessions unless the agenda indicates the possibility of some action in an open public session at the opening or closing of the meeting.
**Details on watching meetings remotely:
- Town Committee/Board Meetings:
- If in-person meetings don’t also advertise a zoom option, assume that it won’t be broadcast or captured on video.
- To remotely participate in meetings that allow zoom, click here.
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media broadcasts the regular evening meetings for the Select Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals that take place in the Town House Hearing Room. (Those meetings will still allow zoom participation.) View SAM’s live and replayed broadcasts via their Government cable access channel (Verizon-38 and Charter-194).
- To live stream (or view later) remote or hybrid meetings (even those covered by Southborough Access Media) over the internet, use the Town’s YouTube Channel for Remote Meetings. (The meetings covered by SAM can also be streamed on their website here, and eventually on SAM’s YouTube Channel.)
- School Committee Meetings:
- Regular Southborough School Committee meetings are generally broadcast live by Southborough Access Media here and on Verizon-37 and Charter-192. (Video replays are also usually made available through their YouTube channel within a couple of days.)
- Regular Regional School Committee meetings (or Combined meetings based at Algonquin) are live broadcast by Northborough Cable Access here and on Southborough’s Education Channel (Verizon-29 and Charter-194). The meetings are also eventually rebroadcast and available through NCAT’s VideoOnDemand player and YouTube channel (though that can take several days).
