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, April 13, 2026, 2026
- Council on Aging Meeting, 9:00 am @ Senior Center (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Meet new Program Manager; Discuss new website; programs; MySenior Center update; clubs’ reports
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY27 Budget; CPC signage for past Library projects; Refill of old Library asphalt path area; Disaster/Emergency Plan; Library Director Evaluation; Staff Appreciation Week
- Southborough Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss CPC Funds/Realty Trust and Collaboration with Affordable Housing Trust
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on 22 Turnpike Rd Golf Range Site Plan; Discuss FY25 Open Space Monitoring Report, Letter to Select Board on DOER-Clean Energy Siting & Permitting Regs,Subdivision Rules & Regs, 40-42 Central St Update, 200 Turnpike Rd Certificate of Occupancy, 250 Turnpike Rd. (40B) Letter to ZBA and letter to Select Board on Northboro Rd parcel’s 61A notice of intent to sell
- Elementary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review of Request for Services submissions and scoring, Vote on finalists to bring forward for interview
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Golf Course Clubhouse and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Irrigation Project status; Continued effort to minimize wayward golf balls; Capital Projects; Audubon International Certification
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Continued review of 2026 applications for tax aid
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss potential parcels for acquisition
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Trottier student group Civics Action Project Proposal – Community reporting of road/sidewalk issues; Recent resident feedback on town tech services; Meeting room tech Implementation Status; surveys
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Community Engagement session on Fayville Park and proposed improvements. (For more details see dedicated post.)
- Southborough Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Dept highlights; Choose recipients of annual Wellness award and Scholarship; Outreach Opportunities; Friends of Youth Commission update
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: External Funding Opportunities for Consultant Support for the 2030 Master Plan
- Regional School Committee/Combined School Committees Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearing and vote on School Choice; Recommendation of new Director of Student Support Services; Social Studies Department Presentation; Food Services Update; Discuss Personal Finance as a Graduation Requirement
- Elementary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Interviews and possible Vote on feasibility study and schematic design consultant to enter into contract negotiations with (5 applicants); Update on Next Steps and Project Timeline
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on CPC Project, Fayville Hall Parking, Recreation Commissioner Recruitment; 911 Field Fee Structure; Update on Summer programming; Discuss Kallander Field, Northborough Rd property, and van
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 12 Wood Street (alteration to nonconforming structure), 34 Turnpike Rd (alteration to nonconforming structure), and 250 Turnpike Road (40B for 32 town homes); Two-Family Zoning – Discussion of existing code and potential updates
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Events status; Fundraiser updates; Parade budget; future Arts Council grant
- Southborough Elementary School Building Committee Meeting, 8:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: (rescheduled from April 6th) Elect officers and discuss subcommittees
Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 1:00 pm (agenda,) Agenda Highlights: Finalize Native Plant Requirements Language for Conservation and Planning Board; Roadside Invasive Program and Native Plants; Golf Course Audubon International Management Plan
- Trails Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail next steps; National Grid Project Updates; Earth Day
*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”).
- 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.
