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, March 3, 2025
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Budget Update; Rebranding and renaming project timeline; Changes to COA Policies and Procedures
- Stewardship Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town Forest; Farm Dump Review; 120 Turnpike Rd; Management Plan
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Metrowest RECC District Meeting, 9:30 am @ Westborough Fire Dept (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Facility Design, Inspection and Financial status; State 911 grant funding; Governance Updates
- Metrowest RECC District Operations Committee Meeting, 9:30 am (following District Meeting) @ Westborough Fire Dept (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Equipment Updates; Policy/Procedure Updates; Operational Goals
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: FY26 SAP & proposed salary study; FY26 Capital Expenses; Presentation on Citizen Petition re Breakneck Hill; Revised charge for the Ad-hoc Wastewater Study Committee and appointments; Approve successor employment agreement for Police Chief; FY26 Budget; Review of Warrant articles for April 7, 2025 Annual Town Meeting
- Personnel Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss FY26 Salary Admin Plan & proposed Warrant Article for salary study
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee (CIPC) Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss final recommendation for FY26 capital expenses
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Lunblad Field/Dog Park, capital, Fayville parking, CPA, and Trottier Track accessibility
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Regional School Committee – Operational Budget Subcommittee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY26 Budget
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss annual applications received in February
- Potential Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (No agenda posted yet – check here)
- Board of Trustees of the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) Meeting, 7:00 pm @ CPC Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss AHT’s Community Preservation Act funds application
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Joint Southborough School Committee and Operational Budget Subcommittee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on amending approved FY26 Budget
- Scholarship Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Application timeline and review criteria for awards
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- 21 Highland Future Use Committee Meeting, 5:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Draft Report for Select Board
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Analysis of goals & recommendations; updates
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail projects status; Recruit for vacancy
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Neary Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Debrief of office hours feedback; Communication Plan Update; Review and release of FAQs
*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.)
- 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.
