Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
This week is quite busy as officials squeeze in all the meetings they didn’t hold over the past two weeks!
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, December 8, 2025
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:00 am @ Southborough Senior Center (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Draft New Program Agenda and timeline; Updates on programs, budget, and from groups
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 4:00 pm @ Southborough Library (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY27 Budget; Library Disaster/Emergency Plan
- Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discussions of CPC Funds/Realty Trust & collaboration with Affordable Housing Trust
- Joint Meeting on School building project, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Building and zoom (under Select Board): Continued discussion of Neary building project —Feasibility and schematic design options, Date and location of a Special Town Meeting, and Structure of warrant article(s)
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Presentation on 150 Cordaville Rd Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) & board comments for ZBA application; 55+ Housing Bylaw Update discussion with Affordable Housing Trust; MBTA Communities Development at Southville Rd (between #12 & #30); Industrial Park District Expanded Uses; Subdivision Rules and Regulations update; Zoning Map Update; Site Plan Compliance for 40-42 Central Street (Fayville Hall/Southborough History & Art Center); Proposed 2026 ATM Warrant Articles; FY27 Budge; Clean Energy Siting & Permitting Regulations
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss 55+ Housing Warrant Bylaw Update
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Board of Health Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: FY27 Budget; Memos to Personnel Board & Advisory/Finance; Presentation on 150 Cordaville Rd Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and BOH Authority; New Inspector for the Boroughs; Strategic Plan
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Sign FY26 actual tax commitments and water liens, annual Housing Authority PILOT payment letter, excise tax abatements & commitments; FY26 proposed budget; annual overlay release letter; award contract for Personal Property valuation services
- Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Updates on dept, programs, & Friends; Strategic Plan Overview 2021-2026; FY27 Budget; Ellen Piontek Scholarship Award; Encompass Presentation Discussion
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
- Taxation Aid Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Application schedule, and any changes to application or process
- Trails Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail updates & next steps; trail maintenance
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Trottier Middle School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Trottier Middle School’s School Improvement Plan; Neary & Finn Environmental Evaluation Action Plans (Well Monitoring & Quotes for Site Work at Finn); Next Steps after 12/8 Joint Meeting on School Buildings; Update on Finn & Neary Principals Search Processes; FY27 Preliminary Budget
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Events status & additional suggestions; Updates on fundraisers and display banners; Hayrides; Bonfire date; First Night/First Day; Future arts council grant
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Program Updates; Field/Playground Repair Capital Update; Discuss CPC Project and LWCF Grant; Fayville Hall Parking; 21 Highland St updates & future; Summer Program Fee Structure; Summer Community Events Budget; 911 Field Fee Structure
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 150 Cordaville Road Special Permit for Blue Sky Utility (with Battery Energy Storage Systems), and 250 Turnpike Road 40B project; ADU Bylaw Discussion
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, December 4, 2025
- Planning Board Meeting, 9:00 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Emergency Meeting on Potential Zoning Code Violation for 40-42 Central St (Fayville Hall/Southborough History & Art Center)
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Transition of the goal tracking database to the Town’s One Drive; Liaison Updates; Report to the Planning Board and Town Annual Report
*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.)
