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City staff warns of ongoing EV charger maintenance costs; board notes grant limits
Summary
City staff told the board that grants covered initial EV charger purchases but not long-term maintenance; a failed city-hall charger has vendor-support problems and replacement costs may reach about $14,000 plus installation, prompting discussion about budgeting and conduit installation for future fleet charging.
Dylan (the city's emergency manager) briefed the board on EV-charger operations and noted that while grants helped acquire units, ongoing support and maintenance are not always funded. He described an existing charger that is failing and said the vendor no longer provides support, and that "we're looking at $10,000 for a new unit" and later summarized replacement figures: "So it's, like, $14,000 to replace 1."
He also described plans to install conduit at the city's operations center to enable future vehicle charging but said public-facing chargers are not currently budgeted there. The board noted the maintenance burden and the need to consider durable contracts and long-term operations when applying for grants in the future.
