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 1:05 p.m. on Monday,
January 13, 2025 in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, CEO Lori Hogan and Operations Manager Justen Elliott.
Public in attendance is Robert Blechl.
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of the December 16, 2024 regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
Mrs. Hogan discussed recent communication of a past-due account. After much research and discussion, Mrs. Hogan is recommending that LWL waive our deposit requirement if the past-due balance is paid in full and a Tri County Cap application is completed to provide funds for winter services. The LWL staff is in full support of this recommendation.
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Mr. Elliott discussed challenges with the west-side substation. We have replaced various components of circuit 11 & 12, but we are still monitoring closely to ensure continuity. The Hospital was moved to Burndy substation until all of the issues are resolved.
The purchase of the digger is still delayed, we are now hoping to receive delivery in February 25.
Commissioner MacNeil asked about the road off Meadow Street being created by Eversource. Mr. Elliott confirmed that this will not be a permanent road and that the mats will be removed by Eversource once their project is complete. However, we will use this access to complete our work on line 30.
CEO & TREASURER
Mrs. Hogan outlined the changes that are anticipated for the front office. First, Sharon Hampson has been promoted to Assistant Front Office Manager. We’ve internally posted the customer service representative position. Our hope is to have the position filled by the end of March. This will give us approximately one year to develop staff to accommodate an anticipated retirement.
Mr. Elliott discussed the challenges of getting propane deliveries from Amerigas. We’ll be moving all of our accounts to Dead River, but will be at market prices until May.
Mrs. Hogan discussed the new Lead & Copper requirements issued by DES. We are required to contact all customers with galvanized service lines requesting their participation in a voluntary water sampling test. The front office staff will be making the original contact with samples being processed by the water staff. Certification and testing results are due to DES before the 31st of March.
Bond Hearing will be held on January 21st at 6pm at the Littleton High School cafeteria. Commissioner MacNeil recommended that Mrs. Hogan, Mr. Elliott and Mr. Sorrell be in attendance.
Mrs. Hogan distributed the Daymark monthly report.
GENERAL/OTHER BUSINESS:
Mrs. Hogan presented the 2025 Capital budget. Mrs. Hogan discussed the estimate noted in the capital budget for the Lafayette Substation. The amount noted is just an estimate as the quote received from the contractor is more than $1.2m. The quote was prepared in segments and will be reviewed with Mr. Considine once he returns part-time in February. Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to approve the capital budget as presented, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
The revised Operating and Maintenance budget was provided and the amounts that were changed are underlined. The only change from our last review was the addition of the customer service representative position starting at the end of March with full benefits. However, Mrs. Hogan recommended the increase of Heating of Building by $10,000 due to the changes in propane company as discussed above. Commissioner MacNeil moved to approve the Operations and Maintenance budget for 2025, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
Commissioner Cooper highlighted the Bethlehem Hollow project that is currently on hold until May. Mrs. Hogan recommended that the unexpended funds be encumbered from the 2024 Capital Budget. A motion was made by Commissioner MacNeil and seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
Mrs. Hogan suggested that the meeting be moved to a nonpublic session to discuss a matter that may involve a confidential contractual power supply matter in accordance with RSA 91-A:3, II (d).
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to enter Nonpublic Session in accordance with: RSA 91-A:3, II (d) as proposed. Seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
Commissioner Cooper called for a roll call vote to enter nonpublic session.
Commissioner MacNeil – Yes, Commissioner Cooper - Yes.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
Entered nonpublic session at 2:15 pm
Public session reconvened at 2:45 p.m.
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion that the minutes of the nonpublic session remain SEALED. Seconded by Commissioner Cooper
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
MEETING ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the board Commissioner MacNeil 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 2: 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.