York County supervisors on Oct. 7 asked staff to evaluate usage and enforcement options for electric vehicle charging stations at county-owned facilities after board members said some chargers have been used overnight at public sites.

The county has charging stations at the Taven Library parking area and at other county facilities including the courthouse and the Planning & Development Services building. Supervisors asked staff to investigate whether after-hours use is occurring at the courthouse and finance buildings and to return with recommendations that would be consistent across county locations.

Options discussed included placing time limits (restricting charging to facility hours), installing card readers or payment systems on chargers and, where hardware does not support pay activation, deactivating stations that cannot be metered. Several supervisors said any policy should avoid unfairly subsidizing private use and should be applied uniformly so that users do not simply shift from one county lot to another.

County staff said some chargers already have reader capability but the software or payment configuration has not yet been activated; staff were directed to follow up on costs and timeline to implement timers or payment access. No formal policy or vote was adopted at the Oct. 7 meeting.