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Village considers visible EV‑charger locations vs. commuter‑lot placement under state grant
Summary
Staff and White & Company presented options for EV chargers funded by a Driving a Cleaner Illinois grant. Trustees debated visibility and business‑district access (front of Village Hall or Brookfield Avenue) versus commuter‑lot/back‑lot placement for long‑duration charging; staff will check grant address eligibility and return with options and cost estimates.
Village staff and consultant White and Company briefed trustees on proposed electric‑vehicle charger locations at Village Hall and Eller Park under a Driving a Cleaner Illinois grant.
Sean Benson of White and Company explained technicians verified Village Hall’s electrical service can support four dual chargers and showed two candidate locations (north and south lots) and an alternate commuter lot behind Village Hall that is used by Metra riders. Trustees raised tradeoffs: the front‑of‑hall locations are more visible to the downtown business district and may attract short‑stay charging for shoppers and diners, but those spaces are heavily used during weekdays and a farmers market operates in the lot on Saturdays. The commuter lot could support long‑duration charging for train commuters but would tie up spaces for longer periods.
Trustees discussed operational controls: time‑limit signage, charging fees (village‑operated), and splitting chargers across multiple nearby locations to reduce impacts on single lots. Several trustees favored visible chargers near the business district if the grant rules permit placing chargers adjacent to Village Hall on Brookfield Avenue; staff agreed to ask the grant administrator and return with options and cost estimates in two weeks.
At Eller Park, White and Company presented four candidate zones. Central parking locations would require new service runs and higher cost; a location near the fire station could use existing service but is less central. Staff said new service lead times are long (16–24 weeks) but the grant timeline (completion by Oct. 2026) allows planning; trustees asked staff to test whether the Elm/Congress parking lot (the park gateway) qualifies under the grant and to report back.
