The Board meets on the first and third Monday of each month. Meetings begin at 1:00 p.m. and are held in the department conference room at 65 Lafayette Ave, Littleton. Board meetings are open to the public and time is allotted for public comments at each meeting.
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The regularly scheduled business meeting of the Littleton Water and Light (LWL) Board of Commissioners (BOC) began at 1:00 p.m. on Monday,
April 21, 2025 in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, CEO Lori Hogan, and Operations Manager Justen Elliott.
Public in attendance – None
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of April 7, 2025, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner Ross made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
APPOINTMENTS:
None
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
Mrs. Hogan reviewed an email from Mr. Mark St. Hilaire regarding streetlights specifically located in the intersection of Main & West Main Street. These lights were installed by Littleton Water & Light approximately 20 years ago as a temporary solution. These were to be replaced with a permanent solution when phase 2 of the Main Street project was completed. Mr. Elliott noted that the conduit and bases are in such disrepair that it’s not possible for us to energize these lights. The lights and poles are specifically owned by the town and the town pays LWL to maintain the lights through metered usage. Since they are not working there is nothing being paid by the town for these lights.
We are all in agreement that more light is needed in this area for safety reasons. Mr. Elliott will work on outlining options that the town could consider improving safety, but we may find that these solutions are costly. However, that is a decision of the owners of the poles/lights which is the town.
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Mr. Elliott discussed outages from the weekend. A tree was down on electric lines between the Littleton Coop and Children’s dentistry. We received a lot of calls as the repair was extensive.
The DOT permit has been approved for the Meadow Street project that is scheduled for next week.
As part of the lead & copper project we have applied for environmental review with DES for the galvanized service lines that are directly connected to a water main. This project is scheduled for the first week of May.
Kearsarge and LWL received the official approval of the solar project from ISO. We are now waiting for the town to execute the lease agreement.
The digger was sold via sealed bid for $7,000.
Additional pieces of the Lafayette Substation structure were delivered today. The bids for the next phase are still in process and some items have a 24-month lead time.
We are planning a site meeting with Dodge Contractors for the Bethlehem Hollow project. The meeting is to discuss the approach and challenges. Commissioner Cooper would like to attend this meeting. Mr. Elliott will coordinate in the next month to allow the site to dry out.
We received an email from American Rivers this morning. They said that the project is still moving forward for this summer. They have put out an RFP for the engineering work and would like to schedule a site visit to allow those bidding to see the scope of the project.
CEO & TREASURER:
Mrs. Hogan reviewed the power supply presentation provided by Daymark. There was much discussion and Commissioner Ross noted that we may be in a great window of opportunity to buy at a decent price. The goal would be to get the average price for fixed power agreement into $65 - $69 per MWH. Mrs. Hogan noted that we are scheduled to go to bid on Friday at 10:30. The bid process goes very quickly, and a decision needs to be made within 20 minutes.
Mrs. Hogan discussed the meter issue with the meter recently purchased from EJ Prescott. They were set to the incorrect multiplier. Mrs. Hogan will hand deliver a refund check with a letter to the customer next week. EJ Prescott will be here on Thursday to fix the meters.
GENERAL/OTHER BUSINESS:
None
MEETING ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the board Commissioner Ross made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 1: 50 p.m.
The regularly scheduled Commissioner’s meeting is held twice monthly on the first and third Monday, at 1:00 p.m., in the Department’s conference room.