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.)**
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Projects for course improvement and maintenance
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Senior Center programs, marketing, and clubs and groups
- Regional School Committee Collective Bargaining Subcomittee Meeting, 5:00 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda)
- Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Town House (front foyer) (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Elect officers; annual delegation of authorities
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Special Town Meeting Article 9 (ADUs); potential votes on positions for all STM Articles
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on SYFS dept & Friends; outreach opportunities
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
- BOC of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:15 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Potential vote on applicant
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Food Services Update, Assabet Valley Collaborative Transportation info; Presentation on proposed changes to Graduation Requirements; Budget priorities
- Stewardship Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Cordaville Hall (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town Forest, including encroachment; Potential Scout projects; Farm Dump restoration; Breakneck Hill meadows, gardens, and trails
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet, 250 Turnpike Rd materials) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 144 Turnpike Rd (wall sign); 355 Turnpike Rd (multiple uses on lot); 250 Turnpike Rd 40B (32 town homes); Discuss ADU Bylaw and zoning Warrant Articles
Thursday, October 16, 2025
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review applications (Rural Cemetery Water Tower Restoration Project, Transfer to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and Fayville Park Improvements); Signage to complete projects; Golf course revolving Fund Warrant Article and irrigation system bid
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 55+ Housing Bylaw Update; Atlantic Management Proposed Warrant Article; AHT CPA Application; Discuss potential approaches for financing, strategies for housing, and parcels for acquisition
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, October 9, 2025
- Planning Board Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attending Select Board’s forum on Atlantic Management’s project and Special Town Meeting Article 1
Sunday, October 12, 2025
- PreK-8 School Building Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video should get posted here) Agenda Highlights: Approve minutes; document adjustments
*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.