Missouri City moved toward installing electric vehicle charging stations at three city facilities after a staff presentation and a council vote on Oct. 13.

Assistant City Manager Jason Mangum told the council the city has an agreement with OnPoint to install turnkey rapid‑charging stations at no upfront cost to the city. Mangum said the vendor will install, monitor and maintain the chargers and kiosks; the contract includes a site licensing fee paid to the city plus a revenue share. “These are turnkey charging systems. These are revenue generators with no cost to the City,” Mangum said.

OnPoint representative Russ Pinkerton described the system’s customer-facing features: interactive digital kiosks, camera and lighting for security, reservation and content‑management for city‑approved marketing, and a reporting dashboard with session and revenue data. Pinkerton said the company runs other installations in the region (he named Sugar Land locations) and that the city would have final approval over kiosk advertising content.

Staff described three core candidate locations and recommended the front of City Hall (Option A) because it is visible from Texas Parkway and likely to generate the most revenue. Other candidate locations described were the north side of the Recreation and Tennis Center (near the golf course driving range/La Quinta area) and a site near the library; staff also identified the golf course/rec site as appropriate for a second deployment. The equipment plan discussed for each site was a canopy and infrastructure sized for up to eight parking spaces (four charging dispensers initially, each dispenser serving two parking spots), with the vendor installing an initial four dispensers and the option to expand as utilization grows.

Financial and operational details presented to council included: a revenue model that assumes low initial utilization (staff cited an 8% starting utilization model increasing over time), a published national average energy price of about $0.52 per kWh and a projected local charge near $0.55 per kWh, a base site‑licensing fee (staff said a “few $100 a month”), and a modeled per‑space revenue figure the vendor described as about $215 per utilized space per month in mature years. Mangum said the partner would share monthly utilization and revenue reports with the city.

On maintenance and liability, staff said the city retains responsibility for parking‑lot upkeep; the vendor is responsible for the chargers, canopies, Wi‑Fi and kiosk equipment and will carry insurance. The system will be monitored 24/7, staff said.

Council discussion touched on safety, site visibility, shading for solar canopies (staff said the initial solar contribution is modest, roughly 35 kilowatts), the potential to add sites later (staff said there are up to 10 candidate sites and the vendor can expand as demand rises), and the possible use of chargers for city vehicles and fleet electrification with an embedded discount code for city use.

Councilmember Clauser moved to locate chargers at the library and two other city sites; the motion was amended on the floor and the council ultimately directed staff to proceed with the City Hall front‑of‑building location (Option A) plus the Recreation and Tennis Center and the golf course site. The motion passed in a roll-call vote 6–1 (Member Emery recorded as no). Mayor and council roll call as read in the meeting record: Mayor Olykott — yes; Mayor Pro Tem Brown Marshall — yes; Member Clauser — yes; Member Riley — yes; Member Olykert — yes; Member Emery — no; (motion carries 6–1).

Mangum said staff will return with final site plans and coordination with utilities (CenterPoint) and with details needed for construction scheduling; staff noted it can take a year or more to bring a site online depending on utility work. The vendor said installations are typically launched with an initial set of dispensers and additional dispensers added as utilization increases.

The council action sends staff to finalize site agreements and coordinate permitting, CenterPoint capacity and design work for the three locations selected at the Oct. 13 meeting.