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 any meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
Monday, November 6, 2023
- Neary School Council Meeting, am @ Google Meet only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Launch year and set next steps
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on MBTA Communities workshops; Hearing on St. Mark’s School Parking lot site plan; Public Shade Tree policy update; Prioritize Master Plan Implementation goals; Mass Housing project eligibility letters for 120 & 250 Turnpike Rd 40Bs, Discuss Park Central 40B
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library, 49 Parkerville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Neary Principals’ Report; Multilingual Learner Education and Data; Food Services Study Group; Mass School Building Authority Update; Enrollments and projections; Financial review of Finn School mold mitigation; Budget priorities
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Support requests for Golf Course and Trails CPA funding applications; Updates on RAP (after school programs) session and ski and snowboard lessons; Inclusive/Unified Programming; Winter building use schedule; potential votes related to updates on Dog Park and Community Center Committee; Discuss Field Permit Fee Revolving Fund; review Statement of Inclusion
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
- Neary Building Committee Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 4:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review of Press Release/project update; Website update
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 6:15 pm @ Office of the Assessors
17 Common St (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Sign FY24 Recap; Review any written comments by citizens re classification hearing - Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on Utility Pole (81 Oak Hill Road) and Tax Classification; Transfer Southborough House of Pizza Liquor license; Updates on sidewalk plan, Community Center exploration, 250 Turnpike Rd 40B eligibility, Regional dispatch, and Neary School Building; Approve job descriptions for Facilities and Treasurer Departments; Update on 21 Highland St Committee and discuss charge; Review Select Board goals; Request for independent audit for St. Mark’s Street project
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- Personnel Board Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Building Training Room, 32 Cordaville Road and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Employee Handbook on Exit Interviews; FY25 Salary Administration Plan Amendments for Salary Grid and Library Associate; Job Descriptions for Asst Town Administrator, Exec Asst to Select Board, Bus Admin I (to Town Admin/Select Board); Approve revisions to policy on Employee Performance Evaluations for Salary Increases
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Chair position; Discuss application form and any possible changes
- PILOT Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prioritization of objectives and next steps
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Southborough Senior Center, 9 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: MBTA Communities Mapping Session #2 intros and mapping exercise; Discuss results and reasoning
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, November 2, 2023
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Review committee charge; Discuss timelines, research tasks, celebration ideas, budget; Elect officers
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Finalize project closing out forms; Close out Rec project; Overview funding requirements; Follow up on applications and Community Preservation Coalition comments for 21 Boston Rd Historic Preservation, Golf Course Irrigation Project, and Fire Truck Historic Preservation; review Southborough Historical Society application
Friday, November 3, 2023
- Council on Aging Meeting, 11:30 am (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Results of meeting with select board chair; Next steps on proposed town assessment by Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging; Review summary of community center feasibility study; Update on senior issue cable show; Status of strategic plan; Preview of holiday programs; Transportation meeting
*I don’t list meetings that are only 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.
- 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.)
- 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).
- School Committee Meetings:
- Subcommittee meetings and some special meetings are only available to attend/view live (in person or by “webinar”) with no later rebroadcast.
- 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.)
