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, July 13, 2026
- Housing Authority Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Colonial Gardens (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discussions of CPC Funds/Realty Trust and Collaboration with Affordable Housing Trust; Public Hearing for Proposed Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2027; Elect officers; Approve contracts for sidewalk construction and Plumbing Maintenance & Repair Service
- Planning Board Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on site plans for 22 Turnpike Rd. (Golf Range); Request to postpone hearing on 154 Turnpike Rd. (non-compliance); Discuss Subdivision Rules and Regulations update and board role in zoning enforcement
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement planning including Irrigation Project; Audubon Project
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Complex and zoom(agenda) Agenda Highlights: Status of events; Updates on fundraiser, newsletter, website, and coordination with ARHS students; Future Arts Council grant
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 6 Walker St (setback variance), 0 Northboro Rd (special permit to allow 15 feet of frontage), and 21 Coslin Dr (variances for Costco light fixtures and setbacks)
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):
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Elementary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Presentation from Feasibility Study contractor on Work Plan, Building Status Review, and Educational Plan
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Cemetery Expansion Committee Meeting, 1:00 pm (agenda with packet, in-person only) Agenda Highlights: Finalize Action Plan to present to Select Board; analysis of burials and licenses issued per year for Middle Road Cemetery; availability of Rural Cemetery data to analyze
Friday, July 10, 2026
- Select Board Meeting, 5:00 pm (agenda with packet, video) Agenda Highlights: Common Victualer License for Healthy Shakes LLC d/b/a Fresh Monkee
*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).
