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, November 7, 2022 in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, Director of Finance Lori Hogan and Superintendent Thomas Considine.
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of the October 17, 2022 regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
DIRECTOR of FINANCE and HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT:
1. Mrs. Hogan reviewed the highlights of the financial statements for the month ended August 2022 with the Commissioners. Several variances as compared to budget were discussed and explained by Mrs. Hogan.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to accept the statements as presented, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
Vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0.
2. Mrs. Hogan advised the BOC that the vacant Operations Clerk position in the front office is expected to be filled by Monday, November 28, 2022 contingent on background and reference validation.
3. Health Trust, LWL’s health and dental provider conducted a training/education session for all LWL employees earlier this morning on LWL’s the new health and dental plan. The new plans will take effect on January 3, 2023 and offers the same if not better benefits than the existing plan at a lesser price.
SUPERINTENDENT/ GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT:
1. Tantalus Systems is making plans to install and deploy LWL’s Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) pilot program in December 2022 or early in 2023. The pilot program is expected to run for six (6) consecutive months and Tantalus anticipated that about 1,000 meters may be read automatically from this central hub during the pilot. The data will be stored temporarily in the cloud until pulled into LWL billing system for processing. When fully deployed Tantalus should be able to integrate seamlessly with the iVUE Customer Care and Billing software.
2. LWL is meeting with an attorney about National Gird’s proposal to relocate their 34.5kV substation from Moore Reservoir, southerly into the easement across NH Rte. 18/135. National Grid proposes to move LWL’s line of demarcation (LWL primary supply tie point) about 900 feet south towards I93. This will reduce LWL infrastructure footprint and associated assets. Except for obvious loss of infrastructure does LWL have any other concerns with the proposed relocation that we should be aware of.
3. LWL is meeting with LFD Chief and the Director of NH Fire Standards and Training regarding water supply to the Burton fire training facility located on Trudeau Road. As the site is located about 100 vertical feet in elevation below the Gale River intake there is not enough supply to authorize a larger connection to increase water supply for training. LWL water operators maintain tight operating parameter and excessive flow could compromise the integrity of the potable water system
GENERAL/OTHER BUSINESS:
1. The BOC discussed the recent power supply solicitation of 2023 and agreed that to lock in the bid price of $141/ MWh for the entire year was not economically feasible. Following some additional discussions, the BOC authorize LWL to solicit another request for proposal and to structure the bid products to hedge resources needed between January 2023 through March 2023 to the desired ten (10) percent open position.
2. The BOC reviewed the proposed 2023 Operating and Maintenance budget (O&M) and Capital Improvements Projects and Equipment (CIPE) schedule. The proposed timeline is outlined as shown below:
November 22nd - O&M presentation and high-level discussion
December 5th – O&M discussion and CIPE presentation
December 19th – CIPE discussion and Question and Answer
January 2nd – discussion and acceptance.
3. The BOC briefly discussed the term sheet offer/memorandum of understanding submitted by Green Street Power partners to construct a solar array at the old Town of Littleton landfill site adjacent to the Industrial Park Road. The BOC agreed that if LWL could retain the forward capacity market credits that they might be more amenable to executing a term sheet.
4. The BOC agreed that due to scheduling conflicts with the Commissioners that the next BOC regular meeting would be moved to Tuesday, November 22nd at 1 p.m.
MEETING ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the board Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0.
Meeting adjourned at 2:23 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.