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, December 9, 2024
- Southborough School Committee and Operational Budget Subcommittee Meeting, 1:30 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY26 Revised Preliminary/Recommended Budget
- 21 Highland Future Use Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Recreation Department 1st Floor (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Set timeline for activities; Recap building tour; Create fact sheet and next steps; Review reports
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Board of Health Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Opioid Settlement Funds; Trash Haulers Regs Update & Hearing Date/Posting; Body Works Regs Update
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 3:45 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Any recommended changes to annual application; application timeline
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Sign/Approve FY25 actual real estate, personal property, CPA and septic betterment tax commitments and water liens, Housing Authority PILOT payment letter, excise tax abatements and commitments, FY25 budget; three proposed Assessor Articles for Annual Town Meeting
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens Community Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve bills; Exec Director Report
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Building and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY26 budget; Application requirements and deadline for Final Project Reviews; Updates on 2024 Project Letter of Expectations and project close-outs and signage
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Action Plan Progress; Office Hours; FY26 enrollment projections; FY26 Preliminary Budget Presentation
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda, materials) Agenda Highlights: Draft Comprehensive Permit & Special Permit Modification Decision for 120 Turnpike Road 40B development
- Southborough Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Final review and committee approval of LCC FY25 grant awards
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 9:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Requests for Fire Station Alert System and for DPW road, water, and maintenance projects; Vote on ARPA recommendations for capital projects; Planning process for Community Center if Finn School is repurposed; FY26 Capital Request process
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 4:30 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: text
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Community Feedback and outreach plan; Updates on Design Review, Gym size comparison, and Sustainability Subcommittee
- Neary School Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 8:00 pm or after conclusion of NBC meeting (agenda, video not yet posted) Agenda Highlights: Communication Plan Update; Review and release of FAQs and project statement
*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 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.)
