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,
August 18, 2025, in the LWL conference room. Present were Commissioner Peter Cooper, Commissioner Ralph Ross, Commissioner Linda MacNeil, Operations Manager Justen Elliott and CEO Lori Hogan.
Public in attendance – Mr. Marvin
MINUTES REVIEW:
The minutes of August 04, 2025, regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting were reviewed. Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
APPOINTMENTS:
Mr. Marvin asked for time on the agenda to discuss his electrical connection at his campground. Mr. Marvin is requesting a reclassification from small commercial to residential as he feels it’s not different than a mobile home park as people are residing there. Mrs. Hogan noted that all campgrounds are billed as small commercial. Mr. Elliot indicated that all other campgrounds are billed using primary metering, which was his recommendation to Mr. Marvin when the service was quoted.
Mr. Marvin has also requested that the customer charge be waived during the months of November – April. This charge is billed for each meter. Mr. Marvin and his electrician installed a meter for every 4 sites, so there are a lot of meters opposed to other campgrounds that are primary metering and only have 1 or 2 meters.
Commissioner Ross indicated that it’s important to be careful about setting precedence and that every resident needs to be treated the same.
Mr. Marvin requested a quote to convert to primary metering which Mr. Elliot will provide. Mr. Marvin noted that he paid for the meters and that the ownership of those meters is in question. Mrs. Hogan noted that this is an unusual situation and that she would need to research and will get back to Mr. Marvin.
CUSTOMER & PUBLIC CONCERNS:
The commissioners have a letter from Mr. Simon requesting a water abatement for the mobile home park. Commissioner MacNeil noted that an abatement was approved last year and would like Mrs. Hogan to research and identify the abatement to ensure this is not duplicated.
OPERATIONS MANAGER:
Street Light Project - Mr. Elliott noted that this project starts on Monday, August 25th with some pre-work to be done later this week.
We had a large outage at Carroll Concrete created by a driver exiting with the dump body up, which took down wires and transformers. Mr. Elliott made the decision to replace a pole as it was not in good condition prior to this incident. Repairs were billed to the customer.
The water crew inserted two – 12” gate valves on the transmission line in Bethlehem Hollow. This will allow us to isolate the water main in the event of an emergency repair. We posted in paper the potential for air in the water mains. We received no calls from customers.
The easement related to the Masonic Temple should be signed this week and this job has been scheduled.
CEO & TREASURER:
Mrs. Hogan checked with Horizon’s Engineering on the status of water rate study. Still in process and should be available prior to next meeting. Mrs. Hogan will distribute to allow for review of study prior to meeting.
Mrs. Hogan reviewed the June 2025 financial results. Overall, the results are around 50% of original plan. Water department is $50,000 short to plan with an overall loss of $68,209 and electric is short $200,000 to plan with a bottom line of $344,690.
Commissioner Ross made a motion to provide a copy of the financial report to the selectboard, seconded by Commissioner MacNeil.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
Mrs. Hogan is researching a billing issue with Daymark in regard to our Nextera capacity contract.
ENE proposal is still in process very much hoping to have something for the next meeting.
We have scheduled the final week of potholing for the week of
September 22, 2025. Inventory is being updated by Hazen, the update started in June and will be submitted for the due date of October 15, 2025.
Mrs. Hogan discussed work being done to update the GIS hydrant maps, information related to the hydrants will be populated and will be color coded and available to the fire department. Mrs. Hogan met with Troy Brown, Town Manager and Chief Miller to discuss the proposed changes in hydrant fees for 2026. Mrs. Hogan recommends an increase effective January 1, 2026, from $92 annual per hydrant to $150.
Commissioner MacNeil made a motion to set the hydrant fee at $150 for every hydrant starting January 1, 2026, seconded by Commissioner Ross.
The vote was in favor of the motion 3-0-0
Mrs. Hogan announced that an offer has been accepted for the accounting manager position. They are providing notice and working out a start date.
There was a general discussion with regards to safety in the building. It’s been a while since we’ve tested the code blue system. We should schedule a test before winter.
GENERAL / OTHER BUSINESS
Commissioner Cooper noted that the Community House Annex would like to switch from 200 to a 400amp service. Mr. Elliott will visit the site to discuss what is needed.
The next meeting will be held on September 2, 2025 due to the Labor Day holiday.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 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.