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, February 24, 2025
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 1:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens Community Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Appoint rep on Community Preservation Committee; Letter to CPC supporting releasing funds to Affordable Housing Trust
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 4:30 pm @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Ethics Training; 120 Turnpike Rd 40 B Easements overview; 2 E Main St; 26 Meadow Ln; Golf Course Invasive Project
- Planning Board Meeting, (agenda & packet) 6:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom Agenda Highlights: Wastewater Treatment Plant-Presentation; Master Plan implementation update; Public Hearings on proposed zoning changes for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) and Shared Parking and on 2 East Main St permits & Site Plan (Note: hearings for 26 Meadow Ln likely to be continued without testimony); Site Plan for 361 Turnpike Rd (Valvoline Instant Oil Change); 250 Turnpike Rd. 40B Status-Planning Board comments to ZBA
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Bi-annual report to Planning Board
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- MetroWest RECC District Meeting, 9:30 am @ Westborough Fire Dept (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Facility design, inspection, timeline, and costs; contracts and invoices; Updates on Grant, Exec Director position, District structure, Communications, & Lease
- MetroWest RECC Operations Meeting, (9:30 am – but after adjournment of Governance Board meeting) @ Westborough Fire Dept (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Equipment and Policy/Procedures
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Pole Hearings; Appointments to Youth Commission and Conservation Commission; FY26 Budget; Town Meeting Articles; Neary School Building project; Discuss establishing Wastewater planning ad hoc committee; Resubmitting wayfinding grant for One Stop
- Municipal Technology Committee (MTC) Meeting, 7:00 pm @
Public Safety Building Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Tech updates & tech plan; Candidate upcoming surveys - Southborough Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Plan grant reception and communications
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ location and zoom or @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: FY24 Audit Report; Multilingual Learner Presentation; Food Service Management Company RFP Timeline; Recommended FY26 Budget
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: 250 Turnpike Rd 40B permit
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Board of Trustees of the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss pending CPC Application; Discuss Housing Production Plan and July 2025 Expiration
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ AHT Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend AHT meeting
- Community Preservation Committee (CPC) Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Building and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Applications for Affordable Housing Trust funds and Rural Cemetery Water Tower Restoration; Discuss Articles for Engine 25 Refurbishment and Town Common Railing and Fence Post Restoration
- Board of Trustees of the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) Meeting, 6:30 pm @ CPC Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: AHT application for CPA 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.
- 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).
- Other:
- Southborough does participate in some regional collaboratives hosted in other towns. Those committees follow their own rules and may not offer a way to re-watch zoom meetings.
