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Council to fund EV charger maintenance; law director to prepare rate-setting language
Summary
City staff told a Streets, Sidewalks and Sewers committee the EV charging station maintenance agreement now falls to the city at $9,240 annually; council included that amount in a budget amendment and introduced an ordinance to permit the city administrator to set charging rates.
City staff told a Streets, Sidewalks and Sewers committee that the city now must pay the annual maintenance agreement for its electric vehicle charging station and recommended changes to local code to allow the administrator to fix rates.
The matter matters because the city will begin paying for equipment maintenance after grant support ended. Council approved an appropriation to cover the first-year maintenance bill and introduced an ordinance to permit administrative rate-setting — steps the city said are needed to avoid service interruptions and reduce ongoing general-fund exposure.
At the committee meeting, a city staff member identified only as Dutra said the charging station’s “maintenance agreement fee…
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