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,
October 7, 2024 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 September 16, 2024 regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner Ross made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
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 July 2024 with the Commissioners. Several variances as compared to the budget were discussed and explained by Mrs. Hogan.
Mr. Considine stated that tree trimming expenses are down. No trimming activities have taken place for more than a month due to staffing issues concerning the contractor.
The BOC agreed to have Mrs. Hogan distribute the approved Profit and Loss financial statement for the month ended July 2024 to the Town of Littleton.
2. Mrs. Hogan stated that she and Kevin Sorrell met with an engineer from Hazen and Sawyer regarding the water service line inventory in accordance with the 2024 revision of the Lead and Copper Rule. Following the meeting the number of unknown service lines dropped dramatically from 1,700 to 92 as LWL was able to show credible evidence that the majority of LWL water service lines are copper.
Once the inventories are completed and in accordance with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) of 2024 the next phase is the customer notifications. All LWL water customers that meet one of the following criteria must be notified if interconnected to the LWL potable water system and notified in November 2024: 1) unknown, 2) galvanized and or 3) connected to a galvanized water main (2-inch).
Notification will also need to be sent to customers of mobile home parks in accordance with the LCRR even though the park owners are the actual water customer.
SUPERINTENDENT/ GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT:
1. Mr. Considine discussed the Convergent Energy Storage project and proceeding with the formal agreement as it appears that the property lease with the town is moving forward.
Following some discussion the BOC agreed to hold off on any discussion regarding the agreement with Convergent.
2. The BOC reviewed the results of LWL’s request for bids on a recent power supply solicitation. Bids were due by 11:00 am on Thursday,
October 3, 2024 for wholesale power resources for 2025-2027. Prices were higher than anticipated as future prices do not track the real-time (actual) market prices. This results in LWL rejecting bids provided for 2026 and 2027 resources. LWL did accept the low bid provided by Macquarie Energy for the needed resources in 2025 for about $700,000 which is about 5.3% lower as compared to 2024 for the same quantity.
3. LWL met with American Rivers at the Gale River intake on the North Branch last week to review the site (dam) and potential impact of removing the dam. American River also conducted a long-profile centerline survey of the river to confirm the preliminary results that Stantec Engineering conducted in 2022.
4. As a direct result of an adjusted property line survey at the end of Railroad Street LWL was asked to relocate a fire hydrant. This was due to an ongoing land dispute between town officials and the property owner. LWL completed the requested work on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
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.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 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.