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. 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, June 2, 2025
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Branding presentation; Staff hiring status; Updates on programs and changes to policies & procedures
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Officer elections; Application for 96 Mt. Vickery Rd. (Ruby Estates) Covenant Extension; Discuss ADU Bylaw; Subdivision Rules and Regs update; Public Hearings on site plans and permits for 10 Turnpike Rd (Storage Facility), 250 Turnpike Rd (Contractor’s Yard Bldg), and 26 Meadow Ln (Reservoir Meadows development); Reports on staff performance evaluations, 40B status, zoning map update, and Atlantic Management’s request for potential bylaw update
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Board of Trustees of the Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 9:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Housing Production Plan with Community Scale
- Wastewater Study Committee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve One Stop Grant applications; discuss sites and technology
- Select Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Town Scholarship Awards; Report on PILOT donations by private schools; Next steps for Neary and committee charge; Fire Chief proposal for Junior Firefighter Academy; FY26 appointments for staff, boards and committees; Tentative date for Fall Special Town Meeting
- Scholarship Advisory Committee Meeting, 5:45 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting with the Select Board and Rep. Kate Donaghue to award 2025 Scholarships
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 6:00 pm @ 21 Highland Street (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Programs, Repairs ($1K for Turf), 21 Highland Street Committee, Capital/CPC Discussion, Trottier Track Accessibility, Fayville Hall Parking, and Sponsorships; Discuss Tennis Lessons, Park Steward Program, Fees, and program initiatives; Officer election
*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).
