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,
June 15, 2026, in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, CEO Lori Hogan, and Accounting Manager Tammy Talotta.
Public Attendance: None
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of June 1, 2026, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to approve the minutes as presented, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-1
APPOINTMENTS: None
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS: None
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Mr. Elliott is on vacation; Mrs. Hogan will cover the agenda items on his behalf.
Mrs. Hogan discussed the need to have Hospital tank inspected as there appears to be fisher cracks in the exterior. The tank was last inspected more than 3 years ago and there was nothing noted in the report about this issue.
We had a meeting with Weston & Sampson to review the results of the pump test at Brickyard. The well recovers extremely well and appears to provide 350 gpm with minimal recovery. However, the pump is showing wear. It starts up at 300 gpm but quickly falls off to 250 gpm. They don’t see an issue with our reliance on the well during the intake redesign, but they do recommend that we pull the pump in November and have it fully inspected and cleaned. They feel that there is tuberculation on the bowls which is causing the pump to shed the water. Commissioner Ross indicated that this pump is more than 60 years old and was scheduled to be replaced in 2008. He cautioned us on spending funds on the repair when perhaps it should just be replaced.
Mrs. Hogan, approved the submittal of Well B to the SRF. Cathy Conway felt more positive of this application as it’s ready to go and DES is favoring these projects that are ready to be started. Once again, if it’s not approved for funding we’ll also submit to the drinking water trust fund.
A hydrant located at the intersection of Church and Main Street has been broken since April. We looked at replacing however there is too much infrastructure under the road for us to dig. It will need to be replaced during the Main Street Phase 2 project. We’ve reviewed with the Fire Chief and DPW.
Mrs. Hogan noted that there have been a lot of changes to the Lead & Copper guidance from EPA and NHDES.
Mrs. Hogan has researched the Water Shed designation for the gale river intake. Commissioner Ross indicated that there is a memorandum of understanding with the US Forest Service that we should locate and review. Mrs. Hogan will locate.
The electric crew is still working on North Littleton Road. They are reconducting the primary and installing a regulator. We’ll need to bring in flaggers during some of this project, but that expense was budgeted.
The recent outages were due to lightning strikes which blew fuses.
CEO & TREASURER:
Mrs. Hogan confirmed that the selectboard was made aware of the Reorganization and the by-law changes that eliminated the political party affiliation.
We are still awaiting results of the hydraulic study from the Dufrene Group.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to ratify the purchase agreement with Morgan Stanley, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
Mrs. Talotta presented the financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2026, which came in $10,000 above plan. The year to date continues to be tracking below plan by $593,000. Mrs. Talotta outlined that the new private fire protection fees are posting to hydrant revenue. This will be fixed in the next financial report.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to provide a copy of the final report to the selectboard, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
Mrs. Hogan provided an update on the recovery plan that she outlined in February. We’ve achieved all the forecasted items other than tree trimming which is about 50% and we’ll continue with every other week until the full savings is realized.
Mrs. Hogan provided a copy of the DES response to the 100% design application for the dam removal. The comments are fairly standard, and the engineer will respond as appropriate. All permits and reviews have been submitted, and we are awaiting approval so we can move forward to bid package.
Mrs. Hogan and Mr. Sorrell are reviewing the new EPA and DES changes to the lead and copper rules. More information to come.
Horizon Engineering is submitting Well B to the SRF for possible funding. She feels that this project is well slated for approval and grant funding. We will also look toward the Drinking Water Trust Fund and Northern Boarders.
Mrs. Hogan presented the calculation of the water investment fees performed in 2022. There was much discussion of the equivalent ratios which seems to be the driving factor of the large
amounts in 4-8” diameter. Mrs. Hogan recommends that the ratios be adjusted and that she feels that the 2” and lower are fine but that the 4-8” are about 45% to high and need to be reduced and phased at each level. She recommends that the WIF be reduced as outlined below:
Size 2022 Rate 2026 Proposed
¾” 1,710 1,710
1 2,850 2,850
1 ½” 5,700 5,700
2” 9,120 9,120
3” 18,240 14,250
4” 28,500 21,375
6” 57,000 34,200
8” 91,200 47,025
Commissioner Ross made a motion to approve the change in the water investment fees as noted above, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0
GENERAL / OTHER BUSINESS:
Mrs. Hogan met with Bruce Hadlock at the request of the commissioners. However, Bruce still feels that this issue needs to be addressed as a warrant article. Mrs. Hogan has deferred going to council and incurring additional costs pending the insight from the commissioners. It was the consensus that we have the attorney’s opinion and will follow his advice.
Mrs. Hogan requested that we defer enter non-public session under RSA 91-A:3, II (a) and (c) until the next meeting when Commissioner MacNeil can be present.
Commissioner Ross 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 2:27 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.