The week in government

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 a meeting that popped up after last Monday’s post and one that I appear to have originally missed.) 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, July 7, 2026

• Board of Health Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda, hearing materials for wells & septic) Agenda Highlights: Hearing on changing regs for wells and septic; Discuss Tobacco Regs and FDA Authorized Product Enforcement; Updates to Fee/Fine Schedule; Vote on Recommendation to  Opt-Out for Cannabis Delivery in Southborough; Reappointment of Tobacco Control Manager
• Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Fire Dept Employee Recognition; Alcohol License for Turnpike Food & Liquor; Public Hearing on Transfer Station rules & fees; Updates on Hopkinton Water Project & Wastewater Study Committee; Approval of Public Art Mural at Richard Rd and Cordaville Rd Traffic Control Box; Performance review & Goal Setting for Town Administrator; Preliminary FY28 Budget & override
  • • Stewardship Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend Select Board Meeting; Discuss proposed Eagle Scout project and materials (Editor’s Note: This is not on the Select Board’s agenda as of this morning, so it may be d Public Comment)

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

• Personnel Board Meeting, 8:30 am @ Public Safety Complex and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Salary Study Kickoff presentation; Approve list of comparable communities; Approve FY27 pay rates

Looking Back:

Below are meetings from last week that were posted to the Town website after I initially ran the list last Monday morning (including ones that I added in later updates):

*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”), sometimes with no later rebroadcast, sometimes later posted to Southborough Access Media here and on Verizon-37 and Charter-192 and their YouTube channel.