CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
January 26, 2026 | 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, Martinez, Smith, Staudt
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PRESENTATIONS
24/25 Council Goals Final Update
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REPORTS
- Manager/Staff
- 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
- Consideration of tentative approval to rezone approximately 34 acres of land east of Novi Road, south of Ten Mile Road from Light Industrial and Office Service to Community Business and Low-Density Multiple Family with a Planned Rezoning Overlay.
Click here for packet item. - Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to AECOM for 11 Mile Road, Wixom Road to Beck Road, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and for the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of 11 Mile Road and Beck Road, in the amount of $108,976.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to AECOM for a Meadowbrook Road, 9 to 10 Mile Road, project, in the amount of $128,267.
Click here for packet item - Approval and confirmation of goal language from January 10, 2026 Council Goal Setting Session.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of a Resolution Regarding the Sunsetting of the Older Adult Services Advisory Board.
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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
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES
- Data Centers - Council Member Martinez
COMMUNICATIONS
CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.
- Approve Minutes of:
January 10, 2026- Regular Meeting
Click here for packet item - Approval of request to transfer ownership of an existing Class C & SDM license from Wasabi K & H Inc. to Novi Ichiban Restaurant LLC (dba Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse), located at 42050 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI 48375.
Click for packet item - Approval to award a contract continuation for interim finance and accounting services to The WoodHill Group.
Click here for packet item - Approval of Recommendation from Council Rules Committee to amend Council Organization and Order of Business.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of 11 Mile Road and Taft Road, in the amount of $98,000.
Click here for packet item - Approval of the final payment to Highway Maintenance and Construction Company, Inc. for the 2024/2025 Capital Preventative Maintenance in the amount of $37,990, plus interest earned on retainage.
Click here for packet item - Adoption of a resolution amending a contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the reconstruction and widening of Beck Road between 11 Mile Road and Grand River Avenue.
Click here for packet item - Acceptance of a warranty deed from the property owner of the subject parcel (parcel 50-22-16-300-055) for the reconstruction and widening of Beck Road between 11 Mile Road and Grand River Avenue, in the amount of $16,907.00.
Click here for packet item - Approval of the final payment to Brencal Contractors, Inc. for the DPW Salt Dome Replacement project, in the amount of $61,843.00, plus interest earned on retainage.
Click here for packet item - Approval of resolution establishing smoking and vaping ban within specified areas and in city parks.
Click here for packet item - Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1195.
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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.