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 12, 2025
- Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss and potentially vote on an applicant
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Temperature in library; Annual Authorization of Mary Fay Fund; Library Director evaluation and contract; Drip Irrigation System from Southborough Gardeners
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 1:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course Improvement Planning and reduction of wayward balls
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discus formation of the Southborough Housing Realty Trust, LLC; Approve amendment to Contract for Financial Assistance Approve contract for on call plumbing maintenance & repair service; Appoint rep to Community Preservation Commission;
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Minor Site Plan Applications for 361 Turnpike Rd (Valvoline Instant Oil Change) and 118 Turnpike Rd, Suite 2 (Pilates Studio); Public Hearings on Major Site Plans and/or Special permits for 10 Turnpike Rd (Storage Facility), 250 Turnpike Rd (Beehive Wall & Standing Signs & Contractor’s Yard Bldg), 2 East Main St (Multi-Family Bldg),200 Turnpike Rd (Contr Facility), and 26 Meadow Ln (Reservoir Meadows development) [Note: Planning’s agenda warns that 10 Turnpike Rd and 2 E. Main St hearings are “likely to be continued”]; Planner’s Report on Projects and 40B status, Map Link initiative, Zoning Map update, and 96 Mt. Vickery Rd construction
- Wastewater Study Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Project status, one stop applications; potential sites for plant and disposal
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School – Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Presentations on English Language Arts and Food Services; Contract for Food Services Management Company; Action Plan progress; Updates on Town Meetings
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Trails Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Southborough Cemetery’s Trails Tool Shed (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Assemble shelves, gorilla cart and finalize bench assembly; discuss bench location and scheduling; Peninsula Trial next steps
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Habitat For Humanity Presentation; Housing Production Plan; Strategies for affordable housing and acquiring parcels
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review of position descriptions; Update on request to Personnel Board
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Review the Neary Building Project seven-year budget forecast analysis and approve presentation and/or letter for Town Meeting
*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.
