Advisory Committee

Official minutes from the March 25 Advisory Committee meeting remain unfiled with the Town Clerk's Office as of late May. Committee Chair Marci Jones Salow was notified May 28 that minutes from this session and two other recent meetings missed the 45-day filing deadline required under Town Code

Advisory Committee backs $70.9M FY27 budget amid 5.3 percent tax increase. Vice Chair Andrew Pfaff led the committee's unanimous recommendation for an operational budget totaling $70.9 million with a proposed tax-rate increase to $14.60 per $1,000 of assessed value, up from $14.36 in fiscal 2026.

Southborough Advisory backs $15M Neary School renovation. The committee voted 7-0 to support the project after Chair Marci Jones noted it had unanimous backing from the Select Board and School Committee. However, the Advisory split sharply on a companion $500,000 feasibility study for Trottier and

Southborough's Advisory and Select Boards jointly reviewed FY2027 departmental and capital budgets totaling $71.9 million, an 8.08 percent increase from the current year. Superintendent Greg Martineau presented a regional school budget with an 8.98 percent increase, driven by special education,

Advisory Committee reviews FY27 capital plan at joint meeting. The Advisory Committee met with the Select Board and Capital Improvement & Planning Committee on January 13 to hear CIPC Chair Jason Malinowski present the FY26 Capital Update and Long Range Projections covering the FY27 budget. Topics