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, May 5, 2025
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on programs, hiring status for Program Manager and Outreach worker, and timelines for rebranding/renaming and changes to policies/procedures
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 5:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 5 yr tech plan (trends that will impact Southborough, key pain points from feedback, roadmap, how to measure progress); surveys on satisfaction, Town Meeting improvement, and Town services
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Neary Building Project 7-yr forecast analysis & presentation from Advisory to Town Meeting and vote position on project Article
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 8:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public forum on Neary Building Project
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Board of Health Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prep for Special Town Meeting on Neary Building Project; Summer Camp update; Food permits; Body Works regs; Greater Boroughs Public Health Budget Options; Mission Statement; 2 East Main Street Project Update
- Wastewater Study Committee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Select consultant to support One Stop grant applications
- Neary Building Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 12:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public forum to answer questions about building project costs and financial impacts; approve communications
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 12:30 pm @ Neary Building Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Participate in subcommittee meeting
- Select Board Meeting, 7:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Appoint police officer; Golf Committee appointment; FY2024 OPEB Audit; Health Insurance Opt Out (Policy renewal); Approve 0% interest MWRA Loan; Pinecone Lane PERC test; Prep for Special Town Meeting; Debt management policy
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail projects status; recruitment for vacancy; Bench location and scheduling discussion; DCR work plan
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Neary Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Responses to questions and docs for publication to answer questions from community
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss updating application and handbook, open projects and steps, signage for complete projects, June public forum; Vote on Transfer of Halloran Property Bond Funds
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Complex and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Muster as part of celebrations; Updates on working groups’ status, fundraising, and promotions
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public hearings on 26 Granuaile Road setback variance for a garage and 153 Cordaville Road wall sign relief (higher and larger than maximum allowed under zoning)
- Neary Building Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 8:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public forum to answer questions about building project costs and financial impacts
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 8:00 pm @ Neary Building Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Participate in subcommittee meeting
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Trottier School Council Meeting, 2:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Nuts and Bolts of School Council; School Culture Updates; Elective offerings for grades 7 & 8; school culture survey
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on applications received
Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 8:00 am @ Algonquin Regional High School (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prep for Special Town Meeting
- Select Board Meeting, 8:30 am @ Algonquin Regional High School (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prep for Special Town Meeting
- Special Town Meeting, 9:00 am @ Algonquin Regional High School (Warrrant, Attendance/Participation info, and related coverage): All Southborough registered voters are invited to discuss and vote on approving borrowing for project to replace the Neary School building with a new building
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Wastewater Study Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, look for video to be posted here) Agenda Highlights: Discussion of One Stop application, and plant and disposal sites
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Open forum for public Q&A on project
- Wastewater Study Committee Meeting, 7:45 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Participated in Conservation Commission meeting to discuss using treated wastewater for irrigation and disposal at the Golf Course
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Personnel Board Meeting, 8:45 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Employee Transition Report; Protocols to resolve requests from departments related to compensation; schedule and deadline for annual performance evaluations; Salary for Council on Aging Director; Vacation accrual rate for Deputy Town Clerk; Pay rate for Summer Camp/Program Supervisor
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Vote on Electric Vehicle chargers
*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.
