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, September 15, 2025
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Library Parking Lot; Removal of Concrete Path Rt 30/85 intersection; Preservation Restriction; Active Shooter/Stabber Training; FY27 Budget
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Amend and extend Management Services Agreement between Southborough and Framingham housing authorities; Approve new 36 month electricity supply contract
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on amending Industrial Park Zoning Bylaw to add Highway Major Retail use
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend Planning Board hearing on zoning proposal
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review if 11 Newton Street barn/workshop/garage is subject to Demolition Delay Bylaw hearing; Updates on CPA projects/potential projects (Town Common fencing, Rural Cemetery Water Tower, and Old Burial Ground); Updates on Historic House signs, Boston and Worcester railway sign, and Revolutionary War Veterans’ unmarked graves project
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail status; Bench Placement; Yoga on the Trails series
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Tricentennial Committee update; Neary School survey results; Special Town Meeting Warrant; Restoration of Lundblad Monument; Agree to recognize Police Lieutenant Union; Approve Easement for Town House EV charging station, adjusted compensation for interim Building Commissioner, and COA reappointments; Discuss extending charge and terms for PreK-8 School Building Committee
- Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Recruiting & Fall initiatives
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- Combined School Committees Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Tech Dept Presentation; Superintendent’s Evaluation (Timeline and Goals); Draft 2026-2027 School Calendar
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: School Reopening Updates (Extended School Year, English Language Development, Transportation, Facilities, Capital Plan Projects, and Professional Development & Curriculum and New Teacher Orientation); FY27 Budget Priorities; Athletic Complex Project Update
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Technical review of FY27 Applications; Ongoing projects & signage to complete projects; Consultant Contract renewal; Minute taker
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on 250 Turnpike Rd 40B Comprehensive Permit; Zoning bylaw updates & discussion
Looking Back:
Below is a meeting from last week that was posted after I originally ran last week’s list on Monday:
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Discuss financial disbursements and protocol; planning for 2025 Heritage Day; Suggested event: Health and Wellness Fair with local businesses; Updates on working groups and fundraising efforts
*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 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).
