HomeMy WebLinkAboutcocc_council_mtg_minutes_20240215_wkshpCAPE CANAVERAL CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
City Hall Council Chambers
100 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920
Thursday
February 15, 2024
3:30 p.m.
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 3:30 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Kellum led
the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Council Member Kim Davis (departed 4:23 p.m.)
Council Member Kay Jackson
Mayor Pro Tem Mickie Kellum
Mayor Wes Morrison
Council Member Don Willis (departed 5:44 p.m.)
Others Present:
City Manager
City Clerk
Brevard County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant
Todd Morley
Mia Goforth
Scott Molyneaux
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: None
ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION:
EV Charging Station Additional Options, New Trends, and State of the Industry Discussion
(Submitted by Council Member Jackson): Council Member Jackson explained the Item with a
PowerPoint presentation and requested Council consensus to define how to keep the City Electric
Vehicle (EV) charging stations under evaluation of profitability, while ensuring the program covers
itself financially. Discussion ensued and included fluctuation in the Local Option Gas Tax, Florida
Power and Light Franchise Fee, promotion of the City EV Program is being done through normal
distribution on the City's social media, Weekly Reports, and the City website, EV charging
applications, concerns over low usage based on it being peak season and charging numbers being
low when higher numbers were expected, increasing the hours of operation at City Parks with EV
Chargers, presenting arguments not to have chargers while at the same time discussing a
marketing strategy, profitability and technology will catch up in time, opposition to government
incentives, concern over market decline, question over why Staff was not present, how the City
provides projects and programs as services without the intent of making revenue or profit, and
the need to determine if the EV Program is a service the City wants to provide. City Manager
Morley discussed how the EV chargers have always been an experiment, the expectation of
breaking even, and that not everything the City does is profit -oriented such as Parks and
Recreation rates.
Council Member Jackson continued with a Proposal to Council to: 1) Obtain reoccurring financials
from Staff to know the total investment, net present value, equivalent annual cost, and monthly
costs; 2) Obtain reoccurring reports from Staff on usage via number of charge sessions and
financials on those sessions, and; 3) Obtain reoccurring maintenance reports from Staff to know
current outages and repairs including any costs.
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida
City Council Workshop Meeting
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Minutes
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Andrea Shea King, resident, discussed support for the Item, and opposition to electric vehicles
and EV chargers. Sarah Hodge, property owner, discussed opposition to EV chargers, and concerns
regarding liability to the City. Discussion ensued regarding support for keeping an eye on the
market, the EV Program is not comparable to the City's Recreation Program, how the Cape
Canaveral Community Center benefits all tax payers, and an opinion that the City is a business.
Mayor Morrison recessed the meeting at 4:38 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 4:55 p.m.
Discussion ensued and included regarding the Proposal to Council, support for receiving quarterly
reports from Staff, gaining consensus from Council on the various points of the Proposal, kilowatt
hour usage and notification of Council, potential change in the City Code to allow EV charging at
City Parks outside of current hours of operation, pros and cons of opening City Parks twenty-four
hours a day, every day, creating exceptions to authorize EV Parking on case -by case basis,
potential maintenance costs after warranty, purchasing and on -going costs related to facilities
and EV Chargers, pros and cons of government subsidies, and reasons Council approved the EV
Program. Council reached consensus for Staff to provide quarterly reports of the items
contained in the Proposal to Council, provide an analysis report for parking at City Parks 24/7
with a potential amendment to the City Code, provide a report on the EV Charger warranty,
and potential maintenance costs after expiration of the warranty.
Discussion continued regarding City fleet vehicle usage of the City EV Charging Stations being
free to the City, and clarification that the Stations are bought and paid for. Council Member
Jackson thanked everyone for their time.
ADJOURNMENT: The Workshop Meeting was adjourned at 5:57 p.m.
Wes Morrison, Mayor
Mia Goforth, City Clerk