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, February 12, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement planning; Irrigation project – funding and Conservation Restriction; Obtaining conservation approval for other projects
- Cable Television Committee Meeting, 3:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Preparation for renewal of cable licenses — Legal Counsel Presentation, SAM Budgets, Ascertainment Planning
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on zoning Warrant Articles to amend bylaws to include expiration of special permits and add include Downtown District under relevant sections of Town Code; Minor Site Plan approval for 264 Cordaville Rd; Discuss MBTA Communities, Ken’s Foods Expansion Asbuilt Review, Stonebrook Village Asbuilt & Bond Review, 40Bs Park Central and 120 Turnpike Road, Update on replacing Public Works Planning Board with an Advisory Committee, Notice of Intent to Sell (removal from Chapter 61A) & Town’s First Right of Refusal for Northboro Road parcels 71-1-A & 71-6
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @Trottier Middle School Library, 49 Parkerville Rd (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Finn School Principal’s report; FY25 Recommended Budget Presentation; Vote on potential lunch price increase for next year; Vote to authorize Statement of Interest Form for Trottier Middle School Roof to MSBA; Vote on next year’s SEDP rates; Neary Building Committee Update
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 8:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Neary Building Committee, Community Center Report, PILOT Committee and meeting Meeting with Dept of Revenue, FY25 Budget and Town Meeting; Approve APRA Recommendation re Sidewalks from DPW Superintendent
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Board of Health Meeting, 12:15 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 98 Southville Road; Greater Boroughs for Public Health Partnership for Health Revised IMA and Membership; Opioid Settlement; Town Meeting
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 12:15 pm @ Colonial Gardens, 49 Boston Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve Bills; Exec Director Report
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update 5 year Strategic Tech Plan to add School IT admin strategy; Town ’24 Tech Priorities; website properties; Auto-failover to Secondary ISP; Employee Training on OneDrive/Sharepoint; Next FY Budget; Town Survey Status
- Youth Commission Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Youth Commission vacancy; SYFS highlights; FY25 Referral Service funding; Succession Planning
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Assabet Valley FY25 budget and Warrant Article; FY25 Budget for Southborough schools and Algonquin and Warrant Articles 21 – 23; Request for Warrant Articles for Finn and Trottier schools; FY25 Budget update; FY25 Budget; Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles discussion with Advisory and Select Board positions; Review ARPA allocations
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Presentation of FY25 budget to Select Board and Advisory Committee
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting with Select Board and School Committee on school budget and Warrant Articles; Discuss FY25 Budget and potential votes
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Personnel Board Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: New Hire/Departure Report; Salary Administration Plan Amendments; Tuition Reimbursement Policy; Employee Training; Budget; Job Descriptions for Assessors/Board of Health, DPW, Youth & Family Services, and Conservation
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Regional School Committee Operational Budget Subcommittee Meeting, 7:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY25 Budget and assessments to each town
- Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Southborough Library, 25 Main Street (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Social reception for 2024 Grant Recipients
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on 20 Sears Road creating a naturalized channel; Extension requests for 25/32 Marlboro Road; Chestnut Hill Farm Management Plan updates; Community Garden Coordinator volunteer description & required next steps; Notice of Intent to Sell (removal from Chapter 61A) & Town’s First Right of Refusal for Northboro Road parcels 71-1-A & 71-6; Rural Cemetery staging area – complaints & next steps; Review of Standard Conditions for OOC & SMPs; Breakneck Hill – Farm Dump progress; Overview of draft Water Protection Act revisions; 17 School Street Stormwater impacts; 4 Spring Meadow trenching near stream (work stopped); Ken’s Foods – test pits for failed water service
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Form subcommittees; approve survey, outreach letter, and Town Meeting Article; review research on other municipalities budget and event prep
*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.)
Updated (2/12/24 12:21 pm): The Select Board and Advisory Committee issued revised agendas, changing the location of their Tuesday night meeting. It will now be held at the Public Safety Building (rather than the Town House Hearing Room). Although it hasn’t been posted yet, that will also change the location of the Southborough School Committee’s meeting that night.
