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 18, 2024
- Northborough-Southborough Regional School Committee Audit Subcommittee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ google meet only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review FY23 and OPEB audits
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review Town Meeting presentation and finance protocol
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Select Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on utility poles and National Grid 2024 Vegetation Management Plan; Discuss MBTA Communities Bylaw and Special Town Meeting; Committee appointment interviews; Vote on increasing water rates; Updates on CPA Community Housing fund , Northboro Rd 61A parcels, Regional Dispatch, and lead at Atwood St old water tower site; Approve IT and Accounting job descriptions; Town Meeting prep; Amend 21 Highland St Future Use Committee charge; Discuss Special Town Meeting date
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Select Board (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint Meeting with Select Board for Hearing on National Grid’s 2025 Vegetation Management Plan and to Discuss compliance with state MBTA Communities Law
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Demolition application for 77 Deerfoot (determine whether building has historical/architectural significance); Proposed revision to Historic House Signs program; Historic markers update
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail projects updates and prep for Annual Town Meeting
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 6:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Copy Machine Revenue, Mass Public Library Construction Program, Staff Appreciation Week, Library Director Evaluation, Annual Town Meeting, Community Center Exploration Committee, and Candidates’ Night
- Economic Development Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Senior Center, 9 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hosted event estimates; Updates on CPTC, Master Plan Implementation, Affordable Housine, and Rte 9 grant; Town Meeting & Warrant Articles; Grant opportunities
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional School Library (agenda with materials) Agenda Highlights: Library Dept presentation; FY23 Audit Report; FY25 Approved budget and Town Meeting Warrant Articles; GonkPlex Update
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Cable Television Committee Meeting, 2:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Verizon license revisions and Southborough Access Media budgets
Saturday, March 23, 2024
- Annual Town Meeting pre-meetings @ Trottier Middle School, 49 Parkerville Road:
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 9:15 am @ Room 128 (agenda)
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 9:15 am @ Room 124 (agenda)
- Not yet listed — The Planning Board, Select Board, and Advisory Committee typically post meetings to convene prior to and/or at ATM. (Planning’s usually include closing the hearing for zoning articles.) Those haven’t been posted yet.
- Annual Town Meeting, 10:00 am @ Trottier Middle School auditorium, 49 Parkerville Road: Warrant, Details & handouts, blog coverage
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: For CPC Town Meeting Articles, discuss and review including finalizing Memos of Understanding
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Discuss vacancies, quorum, and version 2 of objectives, goals & recommendations tracker
- Neary School Building Committee – Finance Subcommittee Meeting, pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Review feasibility stage budget
*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-37 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 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).
