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 1:20 p.m. on Monday,
February 17, 2026, in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Peter Cooper, CEO Lori Hogan, Accounting Manager Tammy Talotta and Operations Manager Justen Elliott.
Public in attendance – BG Frazier
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of February 2, 2026, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
APPOINTMENTS: None
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
Mrs. Hogan noted that resident Mr. December Rust visited LWL to learn about our operations. He is running for selectboard and is trying to expand his knowledge of municipal operations.
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Mr. Elliott discussed the water main break under Interstate 93. We are working with DOT to understand the original design of Interstate 93 and how our water line was treated during this development. The important question that we are looking for guidance on was our 10” water pipe put in a sleeve when the interstate was developed? Mr. Matt Cahill of NHDOT is working to obtain design plans for us. The leak will not be addressed until the spring with the cost unknown at this time and depends on the outcome of the research. Once again, due to the anticipated cost of this repair, it may change our capital funding priority specially related to our ability to fund the Lafayette Well B interconnection project.
We have experienced 2 water main breaks since we shut off the water main under Interstate 93 and diverted to the old, abandoned cast iron lines along Cottage Street and Bethlehem Road. The first being at the intersection of Bethlehem Road and Cottage Street and the second at the off ramp of 93 southbound across the street from NE Tire. The lines are not holding up under high pressure of approximately 120 psi.
We have officially terminated our relationship with Tac2 Communications. We are moving our paging system to CVC directly. We’ve experienced issues with our pagers for about a month with no response from Tac2. We have communicated this issue to the town department heads and provided our personal cell phone #’s so if there is an urgent situation and the pager doesn’t work either Justen or Lori will be called and will then notify the on-call team to respond.
The work to Line 30 was completed by IC Reed except for one pole located at Old Foster Hill and Partridge Lake Road.
We have received a quote for the street light LED retrofit kits for 173 watts and 247 watts. Mrs. Hogan recommends that the town pay for the materials and LWL will waive the markup and the installation can be considered for the favors list. The commissioners agreed with this approach. A quote will be provided to the Town Manager for consideration.
Commissioner Cooper noted that the Masonic Temple is working on an agreement with the US Post Office for the cost of lighting the exterior of the building. The update to the buildings electrical systems created challenges in continuing as it had been originally installed.
CEO & TREASURER:
Mrs. Hogan requested approval to add Mrs. Talotta as an authorized signer on all LWL bank accounts and to remove Mrs. Kenney from the accounts in anticipation of her retirement.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to add Mrs. Tammy Talotta as an authorized signer and to remove Mrs. Jackie Kenney, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
Mrs. Hogan reviewed the cost of power on the ISO-NE spot market for January and February. There were two separate occurrences where a few days of power cost more than $170,000. Mrs. Hogan indicated that she instituted a financial hold on all discretionary spending until the total impact is determined and a plan is developed to offset the cash impact. Mrs. Hogan did note that we were properly hedge in accordance with board policy and that the pain is being shared by all utilities. Currently, Mrs. Hogan is recommending that we not increase electric rates and instead offset the cash impact with the rate stabilization fund and to develop a detailed forecast of realignment to budget. The forecasted impact is $500,000 for just January and February. The plan will be presented at the next meeting.
There was general discussion about the deliberative session and the support of the residents for both the budget and the battery storage warrant article.
More information has come to light in regard to the American Rivers application to remove the North Branch Dam. Mrs. Hogan believes that the changes in senior leadership at American Rivers has provided some miscommunications in regard to their grant applications and it’s impacts to LWL. One of the grants has requested a perpetual easement that specifically restricts LWL from touching the restoration area in the future. Mrs. Hogan has located the deed that dates back to 1906 and the land is specifically owned in the name of the Town of Littleton. Although, we are not in favor of being restricted from any use of the land into the future, we would need to consult the town’s legal counsel to determine if this would require a warrant article for any easement, covenant, or agreement. Mrs. Hogan also noted that she spoke with DES division of public drinking water and discussed the challenges this could create for LWL. Commissioner Ross indicated his agreement and requested that Mrs. Hogan continue to express our concerns and to move towards some type of compromise.
There was also a discussion on the redesign of the intake and who is financially responsible in the future if issues arise due to the change in the design. Mrs. Hogan will have the discussion with American Rivers with consideration of an agreement and or posting of a bond.
Mrs. Hogan requested we enter non-public under RSA 91-A:3, II(e)
Commissioner Ross made a motion to enter non-public as allowed under RSA 91-A:3, II(e), seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
Roll call vote 2-0-0. Entered non-public at 2:15pm
Commissioner Ross made a motion to adjourn non-public at 2:25pm, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
Roll call vote 2-0-0.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to seal the minutes of non-public, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
Roll call vote 2-0-0.
GENERAL / OTHER BUSINESS: None
Commissioner Cooper made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
The meeting was adjourned at 2:29 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.