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, March 30, 2026
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 12:00 pm @ Public Safety Building (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Chapter 61 Johnson Land: Right of First Refusal; Finalize Native Plant Requirements Language for Conservation and Planning; CPC- OSPC projects; Ethics Training; CPC Rep; Projects
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Public hearing for Article to amend zoning to add language about Special Permits for Data Centers (in Industrial Park zone); Discuss letter to ZBA re 250 Turnpike Rd 40B
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Interview members for Elementary School Building Committee and appoint 3 members; Capital Committee Report on Annual Town Meeting (ATM) Article 13; Prep for ATM
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Joint meeting with Select Board to Interview members for Elementary School Building Committee (Note: Their votes for 2 appointments will take place at Thursday’s meeting)
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Report on Annual Town Meeting Article 13 (to borrow $25M for Roadway and Sidewalk Improvement)
Thursday, April 2, 2026
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 12:30 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Appoint Two Members of the Elementary School Building Committee
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on Lynbrook Road replacement of water main; Presentation on Citizen’s Petition for Town Meeting Article on Plastic Bag ban; Northboro Road Notice of Intent to Sell; 250 Turnpike Rd 40B update and letter; Conservation Land Use Regulations
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, March 26, 2026
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Master Plan 2030; Prep for meeting with Select Board & Planning Board
*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 YouTube channel, and on Southborough’s Education Channel (Verizon-29 and Charter-194). The meetings are also eventually rebroadcast and available on demand through NCAT’s VideoOnDemand player and YouTube (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.
