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.)**
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- 21 Highland Future Use Committee Meeting, 6:45 pm @ 21 Highland St (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Timelines & FAQ; Create Report for Select Board; Plan public tour of building & forum
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY26 Budget, Safe Child Policy, Director Evaluation & Contract
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 8:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve Schematic Design Report to be submitted to MSBA; Approve project update release
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Public hearings for 132 Turnpike Rd (for sign height variance), 257 Turnpike Rd (for multiple uses), 6 Lorenzo Dr (for three garage bays)
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Status of subcommittees and fundraising updates
- Combined School Committees Subcommittees on Policy Development Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss & review policies on Civil Rights Nondiscrimination, Title IX Sexual Harassment, Bullying Prevention and Intervention, Religious Observance, International Travel, and Animals on School Premise
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Design & Financial updates
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 1:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda, look for video to be posted here) Agenda Highlights: Application Reviews and Town Meeting Articles timeline
- Board of Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 1:00 pm @ CPC Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Affordable Housing Trust application for CPA Community Housing Funds
*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.
