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  <updated>2026-10-15T14:45:19-04:00</updated>
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    <title>Select Board, Tue, Oct 6</title>
    <link href="https://southborough.info/weeks/2026-10-05/#m-jIrNNYw8PME"/>
    <id>https://southborough.info/meetings/jIrNNYw8PME</id>
    <updated>2026-10-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Select Board reviewed town governance study findings, discussed upcoming Town Meeting warrant articles, and voted to enter executive session. The Select Board convened on October 6, 2026, receiving a presentation from Capital Strategic Strategies on a town government structure study. The board also heard updates on Heritage Park, Rotary Club events, and school building options, reviewed Town Meeting warrant articles and assigned motion makers, and voted to enter executive session to discuss fire chief contract negotiations.</summary>
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    <title>Select Board, Thu, Sep 24</title>
    <link href="https://southborough.info/weeks/2026-09-21/#m-Ze-vdyanglw"/>
    <id>https://southborough.info/meetings/Ze-vdyanglw</id>
    <updated>2026-09-24T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The Select Board reopened and reclosed the October 17 special town meeting warrant to vote on revised articles and discussed financial policies. The Select Board held a special meeting on September 24, 2026, to review and vote on revised warrant articles for the upcoming special town meeting. Members voted to support revised articles two and three, while a motion to support article four failed. The board also discussed financial policy non-disclosure agreement language and approved two cultural arts council appointments.</summary>
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    <title>Select Board and Advisory Committee, Tue, Sep 15</title>
    <link href="https://southborough.info/weeks/2026-09-14/#m-uogPth-Nky8"/>
    <id>https://southborough.info/meetings/uogPth-Nky8</id>
    <updated>2026-09-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The Select Board voted against supporting a $217,318 trail bridge expansion while endorsing seven other Special Town Meeting warrant articles. Meeting in a joint session with the Advisory Committee, the Southborough Select Board reviewed proposed warrant articles for the upcoming Special Town Meeting, including zoning for two-family dwellings and CPA requests. The board ultimately voted 1-4 against supporting additional CPA funding for a pedestrian bridge on the Peninsula Trail, while unanimously supporting a $1.087 million golf course irrigation system project. The Select Board also acted as Water Commissioners to grant partial abatement on a high water bill, approved municipal paving and fuel contracts, and debated updates to municipal procurement and budget policies.</summary>
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    <title>Select Board, Fri, Sep 4</title>
    <link href="https://southborough.info/weeks/2026-08-31/#m-6vLlCQSNejs"/>
    <id>https://southborough.info/meetings/6vLlCQSNejs</id>
    <updated>2026-09-04T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The Select Board appointed Amy Berry as interim town clerk through May 2027 ahead of a proposed shift to an appointed position. In a special morning meeting, the Select Board appointed former Southborough deputy town clerk Amy Berry as interim town clerk, effective October 1, 2026, to succeed retiring clerk Jim Hegarty. The board also approved temporary staffing positions on the consent agenda, including short-term medical leave coverage at the Department of Public Works. Officials reviewed plans to present a measure at the October 17 Special Town Meeting to transition the town clerk role from elected to appointed.</summary>
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    <title>Select Board, Wed, Sep 2</title>
    <link href="https://southborough.info/weeks/2026-08-31/#m-iXhlhTPe9wg"/>
    <id>https://southborough.info/meetings/iXhlhTPe9wg</id>
    <updated>2026-09-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The Select Board voted to remain in a regional waste consortium, authorized private driveway sinkhole repairs, and reviewed park and technology plans. The Select Board met to review town survey findings from the Municipal Technology Committee and discussed parking design options for Fay Memorial Park renovations. The board voted to remain in a 35-community consortium negotiating waste disposal with WIN Waste in Millbury. Members also approved emergency repairs for a recurrent sinkhole over a town-connected drainage pipe on a private driveway on Constitution Drive, and reviewed draft warrant articles for the upcoming Special Town Meeting.</summary>
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