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 21, 2024 in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, Director of Finance Lori Hogan, Line Supervisor Justen Elliott and Superintendent Thomas Considine.
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of the October 7, 2024 regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner Ross made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
Mr. Considine stated that three (3) sets of signs (No Trespassing Water Supply and Pick up after your dog) were installed along the southerly side of the Rail Trail behind LWL to establish a sanitary protective radius and cordon off the wellheads. LWL will coordinate the removal/pickup of the debris and refuse left behind by the inhabitants of the encampment. Approximately a 10-wheeler load is expected to be removed.
The main parking area at LWL was paved last week and a contractor has been contacted to paint the appropriate parking and handicap spaces/lines. It is anticipated that the final portion of the parking lot (westside of building) will be repaved in coordination with the rebuilding of the Lafayette Substation.
DIRECTOR of FINANCE and HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT:
1. Mrs. Hogan advised the BOC that Mrs. Heather Brown provided a notice of resignation with an effective date of Friday, October 25, 2024. As the operations clerk she performed clerical duties that supported general operations and customer service. She appeared to have integrated well into the LWL culture and is a valuable employee. The BOC thanked Heather for her time with LWL and wished her well in her future endeavors.
2. The LWL water service line inventory was submitted to NHDES in accordance with the 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revised (LCRR) by Hazen and Sawyer Engineers. The water service line materials were classified and summarized as follows: 34 Galvanized, 1716 Non-Lead and 239 unknowns. These totals also include water service lines in mobile home parks throughout the town even though they are not technically LWL customers.
3. Mrs. Hogan reviewed a proposed long term capital project plan with the BOC. The plan identifies major infrastructure projects an estimated expenditures that LWL will face over the next five (5) to ten (10) years. This list still needs to be refined to address LWL’s most critical needs.
Line Supervisors Report:
Mr. Elliott discussed the status of the digger truck (Truck no 808) with the BOC regarding needed repairs to the boom and auger assembly. Due to the age of the truck (model year 2007), it is becoming increasingly difficult to find someone that will work on the vehicle locally. Generally, the truck is driven back to the original manufacturer in the Boston area for much of the needed repairs. Currently the expected repairs are more than $10,000 to replace the boom guides and auger support assembly.
Mr. Elliott stated that in his opinion truck 808 is at end of its useful life expectancy. A replacement truck was scheduled to be discussed/proposed in the capital equipment plan for 2025, with a replacement on-site hopefully by 2026 at a cost of about $400,000. This would mean making the repairs to our existing digger and likely a rental. Mr. Elliott stated that he does not believe this to be a prudent use of LWL funds.
Alternatively, he has found a potential solution that meets our immediate needs and timeline at a cost much less. Purchasing a stock vehicle like the existing digger truck would meet our needs for less than $300,000. He suggests that we move forward to sales agreement for a stock vehicle and not put any more money into the existing vehicle than is necessary.
There was some back-and-forth discussion regarding the need to replace the digger truck and the timeline involved. The BOC agreed that sinking additional funds into the existing digger was not prudent and agreed that the purchase of a new digger truck should be expedited.
Mrs. Hogan made a motion to prepurchase a new digger truck against the 2025 capital equipment plan for an amount not to exceed $280,000. Commissioner MacNeil seconded the motion.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0.
SUPERINTENDENT/ GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT:
Mr. Considine stated that Geosphere Environment submitted what it hopes are the final answers to NHDES questions (document dated March 7, 2024) regarding the permitting of the Lafayette Wellhead B. Geosphere document (dated October 18, 2024) responded to two (2) questions posed by NHDES: 1) the installation of two (2) monitoring wells one on each side of the river and 2) the removal of LWL’s underground storage tank (No. 2 Fuel oil).
MEETING ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the board Commissioner Ross made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0.
The meeting adjourned at 2:20 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.