EV chargers (Item 32)

Commented again on EV charger needs, deferring his full remarks to the item discussion later in the evening.

Said the proposed fast-charger sites are mostly behind locked garage gates on weekends, the city has almost no usable Level 2 chargers in Ward 1, and one has been broken for over a month.

Pointed out none of the proposed charger sites are in the West End, despite its community centers, libraries, senior center, and public safety facilities.

Red-flagged the waived competitive procurement, demanded chargers be publicly accessible, questioned profit-sharing talk, and warned installation costs could balloon without funding identified.

An electrical contractor who did the math — $43,500 per charger — and warned that buying before knowing each site's trenching, permitting, and design costs is risky.