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, March 11, 2024
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: 264 Cordaville Rd Minor Site Plan Approval; Hearings on Zoning Articles headed to Town Meeting, and MBTA Communities Multi-Family Zoning; Zoning Map update; Discuss 40Bs at Park Central and 120 Turnpike Rd, and Northboro Rd Chapter 61 Parcels
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Board of Health Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FDA Retail Standard 9: Food Establishments Risk Factor Study Results; Tobacco Permit Fees; Opioid Settlement Community Outreach Survey; Updates on 98 Southville Road, Body Art Regulation, and Camp
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens, 49 Boston Rd (agenda)
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town Meeting presentation prep; Review finance protocols; Approve outreach letter and survey
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Tech status updates for Town and School; Town Survey results; Prep for Town Meeting and review IT items in budget Article and Article 8’s request that MTC review dispatch technology
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Business Admin position update; Succession process planning
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Personnel Board Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prep Town Meeting Presentation of Salary Administration Plan Amendments; Tuition Reimbursement Policy; Employee Training; Job Descriptions for positions under Assessors, Board of Health, Conservation, ZBA, and Council on Aging
- Board of Health Meeting, 9:00 am @ Personnel Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting with Personnel Board on Bus Admin job description and reclassification
- Combined School Committees Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Superintendent’s Evaluation Process and Timeline; ’24-’25 Wellness Days; Policy 1st reading for Animals in School and 2nd reading for Immunization Requirements, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Substance Use Prevention and Education Policy; Update from the Policy Development Subcommittees
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Woodward School Principals’ Report; Report on Energy Efficiency of School Buildings; Neary Building Committee Update; FY’25 School Committee Approved Budget; Prep for Town Meeting
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Updates on programs, registration, and RecConnect; Camp refund policy; Updated Rec budget for Town Meeting; Updates on CPA, Tricentennial Committee, 21 Highland Committee; Discuss Spring Town Meeting
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Neary School Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 1:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Website, social media and protocols, open forum, and survey; Discuss avenues for education (Look for a video to be posted here)
- Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting, 3:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review and vote any UOCAVA ballots for the Presidential Primary election
*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).
