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, April 29, 2024
- Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:00 am @ zoom only (agenda, look here for video to be posted) Agenda Highlights: Referral for assistance from Council on Aging
- Joint Meeting of Policy Subcommittees for Northborough, Southborough, and Regional School Committees, 5:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss proposed policy for Student Advisory Committee; Review Religious Observance policy; Second review of policies on Printed Materials, Protection of Instructional Time, Committee Media Releases, Distribution of Printed Materials to Students, and Visitation and Observation; Recommend rescinding polices on Participation of Students in Public Information Programs, Parent Notification When Profit is Involved, Citizens Advisory Committees, School Community Relations Goals, and Lotteries
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 118-120 Turnpike Rd Site Plan and Special Permit; Discuss MBTA Communities zoning, Request for 1 year extension of Major Site Plan Approval for car condos business at 241-245 Turnpike Rd, and 40B projects (Park Central and 120 Turnpike Rd)
- Stewardship Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend hearings for 118-120 Turnpike Rd
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room, 147 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review and sign excise taxes and abatements; sign CPA surcharge report; Cyclical Inspections update
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Board of Health Meeting, 10:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Job Description for Registered Sanitarian; Intermunicipal Agreement for Shared Employee
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Project Application Process with Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee; Discuss with SHOPC Town Right of First Refusal on Johnson Property; Planning Public Forum; Letters of Expectations for Approved 2024 Projects; Close Out Finished Project; Application materials and process for 2025 Annual Town Meeting
- SHOPC (Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee) Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Community Preservation Committee Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Participate in CPC meeting regarding Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee discussion on the grant process
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Neary School Building Committee – Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 1:30 pm (agenda, look here for video to be posted) Agenda Highlights: Approve invoices
*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 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.
