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 1:05 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026, in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner MacNeil, Commissioner Peter Cooper, CEO Lori Hogan, Accounting Manager Tammy Talotta and Operations Manager Justen Elliott.
Public in attendance – None
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of February 17, 2026, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed.
Approval of the minutes to be deferred until next meeting as Commissioner MacNeil was not in attendance at the February 17, 2026 meeting.
APPOINTMENTS: None
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS: None
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Mr. Elliott reviewed the new paging system. Similar set up but with new phone numbers and the ability to receive messages on your cell phone.
We had a call out to Poulsen’s over the weekend. The primary underground is bad and will need to be addressed in the spring.
Mr. Elliott updated the budget to reconduct the line on North Littleton Road, pole 14 to pole 93. The new budget with labor is $100,000 plus the regulator that is 3 months overdue. Any savings on this project will go toward our recovery plan.
Since the last meeting we had another break on the old cast iron water line in front of Appalachian Stitching.
We are scheduling a meeting with DOT to discuss our exploratory work needed for the water line under I93. It is our hope that we can disconnect and scope the line to verify that we could use the existing 10” line as a sleeve and pull another 8” or 6” line through and re-establish the connection. Additionally, we discussed overall redundancy in this area and the closed loop. We discussed the options of replacing the old cast iron 6” up Cottage Street and Bethlehem Road vs. a negative flow off from Crane Street. All materials and design were created years ago in anticipation of the school being relocated to this area. We are all in agreement that Crane Street is a better option for the water system and will be more cost effective.
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. Talotta presented the final December 31, 2025, financial statements after year-end adjustment were recorded. Once again, the consistent cold weather during the month created a larger load than anticipated, thus we had more spot market exposure than anticipated. Due to the high cost of power, the results were $400,000 lower than plan and caused us to end the year $498,000 lower than plan.
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to provide a copy of the financial report to the board of selectman, seconded by Commissioner Cooper.
The vote was in favor of the motion 2-0-0.
Mrs. Talotta provided an overview of the audit. There will be one audit adjustment proposed which was due to the difference in accounting for loans vs grants. The auditors will make their management recommendations and will start preparing the draft financial statements.
Mrs. Hogan provided an updated forecast for January and February and a recovery plan to address the impact of power costs. With the approval of this plan the spending freeze will be lifted
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.