The Attorney General has approved a revised version of the Pilot Committee bylaw voters passed at the May Annual Town Meeting. The AG’s office determined that as originally written, two sections within the bylaw would have unlawfully impinged on the Select Board’s executive authority. Read the full article → from AG’s office strikes language from PILOT Committee Article
A lot happened at last week’s Annual Town Meeting. Here is my final coverage on the discussions and votes. Read the full article → from Town Meeting Wrap Up: Noise Bylaw, PILOT Committee, and clarifying Neary Feasibility Study (Updated)
Select Board members weren’t the only officials to request Town Meeting Article postponements, and or be outvoted on the motion. Meanwhile, two other Articles were indefinitely postponed at the request of voters. Read the full article → from Town Meeting votes to postpone Articles on trees, oversight, and election recalls, forces through removing Trails’ Associate Members (Updated)
Last night, voters used two Articles to send a clear signal to the Select Board. Read the full article → from Annual Town Meeting: Voters object to Town starting St Mark’s Street project without easement approval (Updated)
Recap of those honored and remembered on Wednesday night. Read the full article → from Town Meeting honored service of longtime volunteers and late residents/employees
It was a long night at Annual Town Meeting, but voters and officials worked together to get through the Warrant rather than continue to a third one. Read the full article → from Annual Town Meeting: Quick recap of final votes (Updated)
Over 200 Southborough residents participated in the first night of Annual Town Meeting. Here are my highlights. Read the full article → from First Night of Town Meeting: Debates on Board of Health budget, Northboro Road culvert funding, Neary Feasibility Study and more (Updated)
Last Night, Annual Town Meeting voters passed 23 Articles. (One was first amended, but none were rejected.) Read the full article → from Annual Town Meeting Update: Articles that passed and what’s still on Warrant for tonight (Updated)
My post is to give more context on each of the Town Meeting Warrant Articles most likely to require explanation or prompt some debate. Read the full article → from Annual Town Meeting: More context on what we’re voting on
The Select Board is seeking voter approval to finalize a swap between the Town and St. Mark’s School of “interest in property” for two parcels to allow completion of a Town road and park, and a larger parking lot near the school’s sports fields. Read the full article → from Town Meeting Article 25: St. Marks Street Easements
This letter to the editor from Kathy Cook explains the Town Meeting Article to fund a feasibility study for Neary School. Read the full article → from Letter: Context for Town Meeting Article 16 – Neary School Feasibility Study
The Planning Board voted that a plan to change the intersection of the scenic Deerfoot and Flagg roads didn’t have enough merit to be worth sacrificing two live public shade trees. Read the full article → from Planning rejects tree removals at Flagg & Deerfoot intersection (plus an update on Tree bylaw Article)
The Select Board is looking to recruit a volunteer to fill a vacancy on the Capital Planning Committee. Read the full article → from Capital Planning Committee seeking new member
On May 4th and 5th, Southborough will hold its Annual Town Meeting. It’s time for an update on what’s on the Warrant. Read the full article → from Annual Town Meeting: An updated look at the Warrant