Town Meeting will be held next Monday at 7:00 pm. If you haven’t yet lined up a babysitter for the evening, the Recreation Department is here to help you out. Read the full article → from Need a babysitter for town meeting?
Town Meeting is less than two weeks away. We’ve talked about many of the issues that will be on the warrant, but certainly not all of them. For those of you who want to start doing your homework, the complete warrant has been posted on the the town website. Read the full article → from Town meeting warrant and annual report now available
Does Southborough need a bigger Board of Selectmen? Would the town benefit if we hired a so-called strong town manager to handle day-to-day operations? Voters will consider both those issues when Article 4 comes up at town meeting next month, but some in town say voters should get to decide on the two issues separately. Read the full article → from Committee member favors splitting town manager article
Here’s the lowdown on a Town Meeting article I only recently learned about. At the April meeting, the DPW will ask for voters’ approval to pave the stone dust roads in the Rural Cemetery. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough looks to pave roads in cemetery
Come get educated on one of the most important issues that will face voters at Town Meeting next month. On Thursday the Southborough Library will host a public forum on the proposal to move to a new form of town government. Read the full article → from Reminder: Public forum on town manager proposal at the library on Thursday
If you’re planning on going to town meeting this year (you are planning on going, right?), and you’re not registered to vote, next Tuesday is the last day to do so. It’s also the deadline for registering to vote before town elections in May. Read the full article → from Tuesday is the last day to register to vote before Town Meeting
The Board of Selectmen last night decided to again defer their vote on whether to support the K-8 and regional school budgets until after tonight’s scheduled public hearing at the Southborough School Committee meeting. Read the full article → from Selectmen again defer vote on school budgets
Police Chief Jane Moran asked selectmen for an increase of about $90K to the department’s overtime budget for fiscal year 2013, saying she ran the numbers and determined that’s what the department will need to operate safely next year. But selectmen lowered the request arguing it was excessive. Read the full article → from Selectmen deny increased police overtime request
With Town Meeting less than a month away, Southborough’s $16.99M school budget will be a topic of conversation at two board meetings this week. No doubt it will also be a topic of conversation here on the blog. Read the full article → from School budget takes center stage this week
I couldn’t attend the Board of Selectmen meeting on Monday night (and it sadly was not broadcast live), but the Metrowest Daily News was there and reports selectmen decided to defer their vote on whether to support the school budgets this year. The sticking point is apparently MCAS scores. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough selectmen hold off vote on school budgets
For the past several years, the Conservation Commission has been subsidizing its annual budget with funds from its reserve account, but members told the Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee last month that practice may be coming to an end because funds are running low. Apparently, that was by design. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough commission’s reserve account getting low
The schools took center stage at a marathon 4-hour Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee meeting last night. During a discussion of the K-8 school budget, Superintendent Charles Gobron defended the district’s performance in the face of recent concerns about MCAS scores. Read the full article → from Gobron defends school performance
At tomorrow night’s joint meeting between the Advisory Committee and Board of Selectmen, our town leaders will get their first official look at both the K-8 and Algonquin budgets. The two school budgets are by far the largest line items in the overall town budget. Earlier this month the K-8 School Committee approved a $16.99M Read the full article → from Selectmen, Advisory Committee to talk school budgets on Tuesday night
Selectmen were back at the task of reviewing annual budgets last night, and the question of how to make the most efficient use of Town House clerical staff apparently took center stage. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough selectmen ask whether clerical staff could be shared