HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 3-30-1980BOARD OF SELECTMEN/LIGHT
Minutes of the Meeting
March 30, 1980
Present: Selectmen Norman Mahana, Robert DeLong, Sandra Levine, Lyman
Avery, and David May; Town Manager William P. Metropulos
At 9:00 a.m. the Board of Selectmen acting as the Light Commissioners
met with James Hall, Light Department Director.
A letter from the PUC was read requesting a waiver to allow Vermont to
pick up two mega -watts of Seabrook. A motion to grant waiver was made by
Selectman Avery, seconded by Selectman May. VOTED 5 -0.
A notice of the N.E.P.A. Conference was read to be held at Bretton Woods,
New Hampshire on August 24th through August 27th.
A discussion ensued on the Board of Selectmen /Light Commissioners Policy
regarding rotating feeders. The Board was polled and agreed 5 -0 that in
the event of a lack of power and in order to avoid blackouts, a power
shut -off would occur for two hours a day to users in the following order:
residential, municipal, and industrial..
The fuel adjustment costs were discussed and a decision made to continue
the present billing of fuel adjustment costs as it is being done.
DPU REPORT - Read and discussed. It was reported that the operation ratio
of the plant efficiency is 98.1 %. Anything over 90% is considered excellent.
A motion was made by Selectman Avery to approve DPU Report, seconded by
* Selectman DeLong. VOTED 5 -0.
BUDGET REVIEW - A motion was made by Selectman Avery and seconded by
Selectman Be Long to approve budget as presented. Selectmen Levine, May
and Mahana requested further discussion and review of budget. The second
was withdrawn. Budget to be discussed Tuesday, April 1, 1980.
WATER RATES - On a proposal submitted by Whitman and Howard on March 28, 1980,
Selectman DeLong suggested a public hearing be held for industrial and
residential users. A hearing for water rates set for the general public on
April 8, 1980.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 P.M..