Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
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.
These days, most (but not all) meetings, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
Monday, January 8, 2024
- Southborough School Committee Special Open Meeting, 7:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY25 Budget
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 250 Turnpike Rd; 264 Cordaville Rd Minor Site Plan Approval; 10 Winter St Accessory Dwelling Unit Application; Status of potential affordable housing projects at Atwood St and Southville Rd; MBTA Communities proposed overlay districts and process; Discuss 250 Turnpike Rd Self-Storage Facility status, Park Central 40B, Ken’s Food expansion status, and Board request for Independent Counsel
- Community Center Exploration Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm@ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review final report from consultant; Review draft presentation to Select Board; Discuss process
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ 49 Boston Road, Community Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve Bills and Certificate of Final Completion for Community Building New Roof; Exec Director report
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm@ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on Arrowstreet Designer Contract; Feasbility Study Overview and Next Steps; Updates and progress reports from Subcommittees
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Department highlights and Upcoming events; Strategic Plan Progress Report; Budget Updates; Outreach opportunities; Friends update
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail Phase I & II status and next steps
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Cable Television Committee Meeting, 1:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Preparation for renewal of cable licenses
- Neary School Council Meeting, 3:15 pm @ Google Meet only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: School Improvement Planning Process; Update on principals’ work; Next steps
- PILOT Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prioritize objectives and outcome; Next steps
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Trottier Principal’s Report; World Language Update; MCAS Presentation; FY25 Recommended Budget Presentation; Updates on Trottier HVAC & Paving, and Finn Mold Mitigation
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearing on 40B Permit for Residences at Park Central
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement planning (Irrigation renewal funding options, Proposed Irrigation Project and CR, Obtaining conservation approval for other projects)
- Trottier School Council Meeting, 2:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School and zoom or @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: School Improvement Plan; School Culture & Survey Data
- Neary School Building Committee – Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss overall budget design including current MSBA funding
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Saturday, January 6, 2024
- Joint Select Board & Advisory Committee Meeting, 9:00 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Planned meeting to discuss FY25 budgets, especially Capital expenses, IT, Police, Fire, DPW, and Schools. (I had written that a meeting would be held, though the agenda wasn’t yet posted — but I indicated it was only in-person. It turns out, they did add a remote option, so a video is available.)
*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.)
- 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).
- Other:
- Southborough does participate in some regional collaboratives hosted in other towns. Those committees follow their own rules and may not offer a way to re-watch zoom meetings.
