CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 August 26, 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 
Novi Youth Assistance - Greg Cocke, NYA Executive Committee Chair 

REPORTS 

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. Approval of a Resolution to set a public hearing for September 30, 2024 on the issue of vacating North Karevich Drive between West Oaks Drive and West Oaks Access Road, west of Novi Road and south of Twelve Mile Road.
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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. Environmental Sustainability Committee
2. Public Utilities and Technology 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:
August 12, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of resolution recognizing LCG iCare Foundation as a nonprofit organization operating in the City of Novi for the purpose of obtaining a charitable gaming license from the State of Michigan.
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C. Approval of the Automatic Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Novi and Lyon Township.
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D. Approval of the 2025 City Council Meeting Calendar
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E. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1162
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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.