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Council directs staff to put EV chargers at City Hall, recreation center and golf course; vendor says stations install at no cost to city
Summary
Council voted 6–1 to install rapid EV charging infrastructure at three initial sites — with the preferred City Hall placement — under a license agreement with OnPoint; vendor and staff said installations are turnkey, monitored and revenue-generating with no up-front cost to the city.
The Missouri City Council voted 6–1 to proceed with installing electric-vehicle charging stations at three city locations under a proposed license agreement with OnPoint, selecting the front-of-City-Hall site as the preferred City Hall placement.
Jason Mangum, Assistant City Manager, said the partner will deliver turnkey rapid charging systems with canopy, lighting, cameras and a digital interactive kiosk; the agreement includes a site-licensing fee to the city plus a revenue share, Mangum said, and staff described the program as “revenue generators with no cost to the City.”
Vendor representative Russ Pinkerton described the kiosks as interactive digital displays with content-management dashboards that allow the city to post events and approve outside advertising; he said local advertising can be sourced through the vendor but the city retains final approval of kiosk content. Pinkerton said…
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