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.)**
[Editor’s Note: Because they aren’t posted as meetings, I didn’t include below the Neary Building Committee’s Building Tours scheduled for today and Saturday. You can get those details here.]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Board of Health Meeting, 10:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Covid Vaccine, Flu Clinic, and positions for Greater Boroughs and shared Health Agent; Approval to send Body Works regulationss to Town Counsel; Hearing Date for updating Trash Haulers regs; Encompass Parent Survey
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens Community Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve FY25 budget, FY24 Top 5 Compensation Form, FY24 Financial statements, Certification of Compliance with Lead Paint notifications, and amended Management Services Agreement with new fee
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Dept highlights, outreach opportunities, Friends of Youth Commission update
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Cemetery and possible assistance from the Trust; Holiday Annual assistance to Youth and Family Services and Council on Aging
- Trottier School Council Meeting, 2:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Nuts and Bolts of School Council, School Culture, Young Adolescent Literature Opt-in Opt Out, and School Improvement Plan
- Neary School Council Meeting, 3:15 pm @ Neary school Conference Center (agenda) Agenda Highlights: School Updates, Overview of School Improvement Plan Reauthorization Process and Goals
- Economic Development Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Cordaville Hall Room B (agenda) Agenda Highlights: EDC Coordinator’s Updates including on Rt 9 zoning discussions, Master Plan implementation, Placer.ai consultation, Small Business Saturday promotion & directory website, and One Stop Grant; FY26 Budget; Review EDC Tracker; EDC Charter, website & priorities
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Action Plan Progress; School Calendars; Trottier Roof Replacement; Updates on Neary Building Committee and Transportation procurement; Enrollments and projections; FY26 Budget Priorities
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet, materials related to 250 Turnpike and 120 Turnpike) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 20 Sears Rd (over 3 garage bays), 7 Ashley Rd (setback variance for accessory apartment), 250 Turnpike Rd (40B permit for 56 units), and 120 Turnpike Rd (40B permit for 60 units and shared driveway); ADU Bylaw Update
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom or @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course irrigation and minimizing wayward balls
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 26 Meadow Ln (residential development) and 120 Turnpike Rd (60 residential unit building); Request for 1 yr Extension for Trails Committee fencing; Discuss 34 Sears Rd and 2 East Main St; FY26 budget; Breakneck Hill Farm dump progress
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting, 5:00 pm @ Town House (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review and vote FWAB Ballots (Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots)
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting,
5:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Analysis of goals and recommendations - Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail project, DCR Trails conference, DCR agreement work plan, Volunteer Recruitment for Committee vacancy
*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:
- 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.)
