CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 August 12, 2024 | 7:00 PM 
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center | 45175 Ten Mile Road 
(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL –  Mayor Fischer, Mayor Pro Tem Casey, Council Members Gurumurthy, Heintz, Smith, Staudt, Thomas 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

PUBLIC HEARINGS 

PRESENTATIONS 

REPORT

1.  Manager/Staff
2.  Attorney

AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting. 

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS – All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the normal Agenda.   

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION 

1. Consideration of approval of Change Order No. 4 to Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. for construction of an 11 Mile Road Pavement Preservation Overlay, Beck Road to Taft Road, in the amount of $367,354.01.
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CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action. 

AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City 

Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting. 

COMMITTEE REPORTS 

1. Public Utilities and Technology Committee
2. Finance and Administration Committee

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES 

COMMUNICATIONS 

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.   
A. Approve Minutes of:
    July 22, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of a Resolution Authorizing “2024 Michigan State Fair” to occur on the Suburban Collection Showplace property at 46100 Grand River Avenue on August 28 - September 2, 2024.
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C. Consideration of request to transfer ownership of an existing Class B-Hotel license from WPS Novi, LLC (A Delaware Limited Liability Company) to Best Stay Novi Inc, located at 42100 Crescent Blvd, Novi, MI 48375.
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D. Approval of the final payment to CSM Mechanical, Inc. for the Garfield Sanitary Pump Station project, in the amount of $41,843.33, plus interest earned on retainage.
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E. Approval of the final payment to Fer-Pal Construction USA, LLC for the Westminster Subdivision Water Main Lining project, in the amount of $43,129.88, plus interest earned on retainage.
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F. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of August 12, 2024, in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussion the acquisition of real estate property and confidential written communication from the City Attorney.
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G. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1161
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ADJOURNMENT 

SCHEDULED MEETINGS – All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org. 

NOTICE:  People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should contact the City Clerk (248) 347-0456 at least two working days in advance of the meeting.  An attempt will be made to make reasonable accommodations.