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Waunakee policy committee moves to require fees, limit hours for EV chargers
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District policy committee discussed a draft EV-charging-station policy that would require payment for public use and limit operating hours; the committee voted to accept the policy for advancement.
The Waunakee Community School District Policy Committee voted to accept a draft policy that would require users to pay to use district electric-vehicle charging stations and would limit public access to defined hours.
Committee members said the step responds to a recent state law and to concerns about unattended vehicles on school property. "The law that was ... passed in the spring requires public entities to charge a fee for the use of EV chargers," one staff presenter said. The same presenter added that the draft policy's baseline proposal is that "EV charging stations are available for use during the hours of 5 to 10 PM."
The committee's presentation said the district interprets the new state law to require fees for public charging and to treat personal vehicles of employees as "public use" unless the vehicle is district-owned and used for district purposes. "We're viewing employees on our property charging a personal vehicle as public use that would need to pay," the presenter said. The committee discussed the district's authority to set hours, noting concerns about vehicles parked overnight and the ability to adjust hours by weekday or weekend.
Presenters described the fee approach as cost-recovery rather than profit. "The goal would be for us ... to say tax dollars are not being used to support a personal vehicle," a staff presenter said, adding that the district would include an administrative fee and track market electricity rates.
Committee members and staff also discussed how the district might monitor demand at the Heritage site and the new middle school before adding chargers at other sites. Staff noted two dual-capacity chargers at the outlying site and two (each supporting two connections) at the front of Heritage, plus an additional charger behind Heritage available for district vehicles.
A motion to accept the draft EV-charging policy was made and seconded; the committee recorded the motion as approved ("All in favor. Aye"). The transcript does not record a numeric roll call or vote tally.
The committee indicated staff will be able to adjust hours and rates after monitoring usage and to return to the board if they recommend broader changes.
