CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
July 28, 2025 | 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
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
- Final approval of Feldman Kia, JZ24-32, with Zoning Map Amendment 18.746 to rezone from Non-Center Commercial to General Business with a Planned Rezoning Overlay Agreement.
Click for packet item. - Approval of Proposed Water & Sewer Rate Resolutions for 2025-2026
Click for packet item. - Consideration of approval to award the interior corrosion protection system installation in the DPW Salt Dome to Havener Tech, LLC, sole-source bidder, in the amount of $184,000.
Click for packet item. - Consideration of approval to award a unit price Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Television Contract to Rogue Industrial Services, LLC, the lowest responsive bidder, for a term of four years for an estimated annual amount of $150,000.
Click for packet item. - Consideration of approval to award engineering services to OHM Advisors for the preparation of a Water System Master Plan in the amount of $140,700.
Click for packet item. - Approval of a license agreement with International Transmission Company (ITC) for construction of a non-motorized pathway connecting the existing ITC Trail to Bosco Fields Park.
Click for packet item. - Approval of a Purchase Agreement to sell City property located on the west side of Venture Dr., north of 22635 Venture Dr., to the Boll Filter Corporation.
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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
- Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee
- 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.
- Approve Minutes of:
July 7, 2025 - Regular Meeting.
Click here for packet item. - Approval to purchase twelve (12) sets of protective turnout gear for the Novi Fire Department from Phoenix Safety Outfitters in the amount of $47,976.
Click here for packet item - Acceptance of a Conservation Easement associated with JSP23-33 Sheetz, for property in Section 13, located west of Haggerty, and south of Twelve Mile Road.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of Second Reading of Ordinance Amendment 25-42.05 to amend Chapter 24, Article II, “Permit for Outdoor Gatherings”.
Click for packet item - Approval of a Resolution Authorizing “2025 Michigan State Fair” to occur on the Suburban Collection Showplace property at 46100 Grand River Avenue on August 27-September 1, 2025.
Click for packet item - Approval of (1) a Resolution Concerning the Acquisition of Property and Approving Declaration of Necessity and Taking and, (2) a Declaration of Taking for easements with fair market value in the amount of $6,087.43 for a water main easement on parcel 50-22-32-400-010 for the construction of water main on the west side of Beck Road, north of 8 Mile Road.
Click for packet item - Approval to authorize vote for the 2025 Michigan Municipal League Workers’ Compensation Fund Trustee Election Ballot.
Click for packet item - Approval of Assignment and Assumption Agreement for Purchase of Property at Thirteen Mile and Novi Roads (42000 W. Thirteen Mile Road), Parcel No. 22-02-400-008.
Click for packet item - Professional Services Contract for Long-Range Strategic Planning.
Click for packet item - Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of July 28,2025, in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing confidential written correspondence from the City Attorney.
Click for packet item - Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1184.
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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.