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, October 21, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement planning
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on the new addition and new school and possible senior center/community center changes; Changes to COA Policies and Procedures; Rebranding and renaming status; Critical letters received by COA
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on Mass library building program; Policies for volunteers and unattended children; Appointment of Library Technicians and page; Library Director Contract
- Joint Meeting of Policy Subcommittees for Northborough, Southborough & Regional School Committees, 5:30 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review policies for Civil Rights Nondiscrimination, Title IX Sexual Harassment, Bullying Prevention and Intervention, and Religious Observance
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on 250 Turnpike Rd contractor’s yard building site plan approval; Discuss Proposed ADU Bylaw, Stonebrook Village Bond Release, 26 Meadow Lane subdivision, 2 East Main St proposed office building, Proposed Zoning Amendments, and MassHousing Request for Comments on proposed 40B at 352 Turnpike Rd
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 6:30 pm @Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss proposed ADU Bylaw (zoning for by-right Accessory Dwelling Units to comply with state law)
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Presentations by Facilities and Fire depts on 10 yr pland and FY26 requests; FY26 overall capital update
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 6:15 pm @ Office of the Assessors (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve excise taxes and abatements; Vote Overlay amount to be raised on FY25 Recap; Review quotes and award contract for FY26 commercial industrial and mixed-use valuation services; Review any written comments re tax classification hearing
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Tax Classification Hearing; Procurement Appeal for 250 Turnpike Road 40B project; 40R Development at the MBTA Station; Update from Recreation; FY25 Budget Calendar; Approve 2025 Senior Health Benefits renewal; Restitution for tree removal at 37 Clifford Street; ARPA fund reallocations; Discuss Public Safety staffing study
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 6:45 pm @ Select Board Meeting (Hearing Notice) Agenda Highlights: Tax Classification Hearing
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update to Select Board on Rec activities
- Southborough Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Evaluate Grant Evaluation Metrics / Scoring Mechanism for applicants; Discus new Arts Center Initiative; Recap of Virtual Office Hours
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Neary Building Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 1:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Project costs and impacts, including pros and cons for types of building contracts
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Dog Park, new staff, Field/Playground Repair, High School Aged Sports Opportunities, Snowboard/ski program, Spring/Summer Registration, and Trunk or Treat
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Southborough School Committee’s Capital Planning Subcommittee Meeting, 4:00 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Draft Facilities Capital Plan FY26-FY31
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 26 Meadow Lane (3 single-family units and one duplex), 142 Boston Rd boardwalk and footbridge, 16 Main St garage addition, and 120 Turnpike Rd 60 unit 40b; National Grid tree pruning & removal request; 2 East Main expired OOC & storage of millings; 34 Sears Road Administrative Hearing; Breakneck Hill Farm Dump progress
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Analyze proposed changes in responsibilities
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Neary School Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 8:30 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Communication Plan Update
*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.
Updated (10/21/24 8:02 pm) The Town Clerk looked into the discrepancy with two identical Golf Committee agendas that had been posted for 9:00 am and noon today. The 9:00 am version was the correct one. Since I’m updating this, I’ll also highlight that since I wrote this post, the Town has posted agendas for meetings this Wednesday of the Community Preservation Committee and Trails Committee.
