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, December 2, 2024
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on budget, programming, Youth & Family Services proposal; Changes to policies & procedures; Rebranding status
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public hearings on 250 Turnpike Rd. (Contractor’s Yard Building) Site Plan, 2 East Main St (Mixed-Use Bldg) Site Plan & permit, 26 Meadow Ln (Reservoir Meadows development) Site Plan & permit; Approval Not Required application; ANR: 26 Meadow Lane; Discuss One Stop Grant & MAPC Technical Assistance; 325 Turnpike Rd. (Ken’s Foods) – Final Site As-Builts
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Final review of 2024 activities and discussion of goals for 2025; updates on committees, progress on Town Common historic assets and cemetery reviews
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Police & Recreation Depts 10 yr capital plans & FY26 requests; DPW capital prioritization; FY26 overall capital update
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ CIPC Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Capital Discussion
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Resources for immigrant families; Proposed Mailbox Damage Reimbursement Policy; 2025 License renewals/approvals for alcohol, food, and car sales; Contract for On-Call Engineering Services; Annual Winter Parking Ban; Review ARPA allocations; Approve agreement with Westborough & Hopkinton for shared Utility Pipe Camera inspection kit
- Southborough Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on awarding FY25 grants
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Building Training Room (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Budgets, ARPA update, and Strategic Plan progress
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Combined School Committees Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Superintendent’s Mid-Cycle Review; Calendar Advisory Working Group Update; Assabet Valley Collaborative – School Committee Update
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 38 Presidential Drive (Mitigation for violation & proposed balcony), 26 Meadow Lane (Flexible Development), 120 Turnpike Road 40B; Discuss Dog Park request from Recreation Commission, 2 East Main expired OOC & storage of millings, Budget, and yearly goals; Farm dump progress
*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).
