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, February 9, 2026
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY27 Budget, Staff Appreciation Week, Library Disaster/Emergency Plan
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 352 Turnpike Rd (Disability Assistance & Voc Education) site plan, and zoning bylaw updates (Industrial Park uses, 55+ Housing, MBTA Communities correction, and replacing SHOPC with Affordable Housing Trust; Discuss ADU bylaw update, Tricentennial signs, Subdivision Rules & Regs update, and next steps on Open Space abutter notification
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) zoning bylaw update
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
- Board of Health Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY27 Budget, Strategic Planning for Boroughs Partnership, 88 Turnpike Road Housing update, Fresh Monkey Restaurant, Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant, Measles – Standard Operating Procedure for Schools, and Comment on Industrial Park Zoning Warrant Article
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Sign excise tax commitments, CAI Technologies tax map maintenance contract for FY2027 updates
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Dept, program, and Friends updates
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
- Southborough School School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Multilingual Learner Presentation, approve Extended Day rates (school year & summer), Updates on Neary & Trottier roofs, Special Town Meeting Prep and Outreach, Principal search update, Vote on 2026-2027 School Calendar, and revised FY27 Budget
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Events status and fundraising and promotion/outreach updates
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda with packet, additional hearing materials) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 250 Turnpike Rd parking variance and 40B comprehensive permit for 32 Town homes; ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) zoning bylaw discussion
Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Personnel Board Meeting, 8:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Request for professional development (Presentation by Labor Counsel on regulatory policies), Review/approve amendments to FY27 Salary Administration Plan
*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:
- 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.)
