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. 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, September 30, 2024
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve FY25-FY29 Library Strategic Plan
- Meetings to prepare for Special Town Meeting @ Trottier Middle School:
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Room 132 (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on MBTA Communities Zoning (and presentation to Town Meeting); Discuss Town Meeting Warrant
- Select Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Room 124 (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town Meeting prep
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Room 130 (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town Meeting prep & CPC Article
- SHOPC (Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee) Meeting, 6:40 pm @ Room 101 (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss relevant Town Meeting Articles
- Special Town Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Trottier Middle School auditorium (Warrant) For more details on this meeting where Southborough registered voters act as the Town’s legislature, click here. (This can be streamed from home through Southborough Access Media, but participation is limited to in-person only.)
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail; Bench Selection; DCR work plan
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on Central Street retaining wall and drainage work, 32 Oregon Road addition and deck, 66 Oak Hill Road resource area boundaries, 142 Boston Road boardwalk and footbridge, 116 Main St garage and septic, 27 Pine Hill Rd pool and pavilion, and 120 Turnpike Rd 60 unit 40B; Discuss 2 East Main St and 34 Sears Rd issues; Update on Breakneck Hill Farm Dump
*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).
