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 13, 2023
- Stewardship Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Building Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd. (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Lighting at Breakneck Hill; Town Forest; Bid for the Farm Dump Work; Spotted lantern fly, jumping worms, and garlic mustard; 40B plan; Garden wrap-up; Marking plants for late-season mow
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Board of Health Meeting, 12:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on Reclassification of Business Admin I Job Description and Addendum; Body Art – new stablishment & regulations; Opioid Settlement Funds; Deputy Emergency Manager Recommendations; Greater Borough Nursing Staff; FDA Tobacco Compliance Violations; Community Health Assessment; FY25 Budget
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens, 49 Boston Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on officers; FY24 Budget
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY25 Budget; South Union Building update
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail status and next steps; Budget
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY25 Rec Dept Budget; approve part time employee
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:15 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Student Support Services Dept Presentation; Enrollments & projections; FY25 Capital Plan & Budget priorities; Athletic Complex update
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 5 Thayer Lane setback variance and 19 East Main St special permit for reconstruction of nonconforming structure
Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Southborough Golf Clubhouse 32 Cordaville Road and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement planning; Irrigation funding options; Obtaining conservation approval for near-term projects
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss support for ARPA funds, Chair position, application & possible form changes
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 78 Main St 2 car garage, Northboro Rd installation of gas main, and stormwater management for St Mark’s parking lot and 250 Turnpike Rd; Comments for ZBA on 40Bs (Park Central & 120 Turnpike Rd); 38 Presidential Dr violation & mitigation update; 84 Main St restrictive covenant; Chestnut Hill Farm Management Plan update; Review of Standard Conditions for Orders of Compliance & Stormwater Management Permits; FY25 budget; Breakneck Hill – Farm Dump progress
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Spotted Lantern Workshop on Nov 30
- Neary School Building Committee – Finance Subcommittee Meeting,
7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Begin discussion on overall budget design
*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.)
- School Committee Meetings:
- 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).
