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, September 23, 2024
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Heritage Day Report; Budget status; New programs; status of outreach coordinator position; club/group reports; Rebranding and renaming status; Changes to council Policies and Procedures
- Joint Meeting of Combined School Committees’ Policy Subcommittees, 5:30 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Policy Review and Development Protocol; Review policies on Civil Rights Nondiscrimination, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and Religious Observance, Discuss International Travel policy; MASC Model Policy Public Comment at School Committee Meetings; Recommend rescinding five Southborough policies
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:15 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Chestnut Hill Farm Management Plan & Conservation Restriction with Trustees
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve & sign excise tax abatements, Reports, and contract for cloud migration; Update on assessments
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss CPC Town Meeting Article; Rural Cemetery Water Tower (sign delivery and CPC application for restoration); commission space needs; upcoming workshop on “Determining Historic and Architectural Significance”; Elect officers
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles and committee’s positions on them
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on Weatherization and Insulation Program; Discuss Camera System Upgrades and Expansion; CPC Citizens Petition;
Friday, September 20, 2024
- cancelled — Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee Meeting, 1:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on plan to acquire property; Contract to Replace Exterior Doors at Colonial Gardens for $35,000; Approve Inventory Policy
*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 (9/23/24 2:26 pm): I learned that there is a good reason that no video has been posted for the AHTF Committee meeting last Friday. It didn’t end up taking place.
