CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
July 07, 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

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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 Resolution authorizing the purchase of a tax foreclosed property, parcel number 50-22-10-400-048, from Oakland County under Act 123 of 1999, as amended, for the amount of $1,555,540 and to amend the budget.
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  2. Consideration of awarding a contract to D&D Water & Sewer, Inc., the lone bidder, for an estimated annual amount of $200,000.
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  3. Consideration of awarding the Pathway Reconstruction and Parking Lot Rehabilitation project for Ella Mae Power Park to T&M Asphalt Paving, Inc, in the amount of $405,597.
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  4. Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance Amendment 25-42.05 to amend Chapter 24, Article II, “Permit for Outdoor Gatherings”.
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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. Mobility Committee - Councilmember Smith
  2. Finance and Administration Committee - Mayor Fischer

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

COMMUNICATIONS

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.

  1. Approve Minutes of:
    June 2, 2025 - Regular Meeting - As Amended
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    June 23, 2025 - Regular Meeting
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  2. Approval of amendments to the contracts for the City Manager and City Assessor as prepared and approved as to form by the City Attorney.
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  3. Authorization to complete closing to purchase vacant parcels located on Venture Drive, Parcel ID. Nos. 22-26-401-021, -022, and -023.
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  4. Approval of Recommendation from Council Rules Committee to amend Council Organization and Order of Business.
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  5. Approval to purchase a replacement compressor for the chiller at the Public Safety Building through our currently contracted HVAC company, Systemp, in the amount of $48,562.62.
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  6. Approval to purchase Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System (CLEMIS) and Fire Records Management System (FRMS) fees and services from Oakland County for the 2025-26 fiscal year in the amount of $66,815.
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  7. Approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for the Cedar Springs Subdivision Water Main Lining project, in the amount of $74,000.
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  8. Approval of two Warranty Deeds to dedicate 60 feet half-width right-of-way along the east side of Taft Road and to dedicate 60 feet half-width right-of-way along the south side of Ten Mile Road from the Novi Community School District (parcel 50-22-27-100-009).
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  9. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement and Sidewalk Easement for the Sakura Novi Development located on the north side of Grand River Avenue east of Town Center Drive (parcels: 50-22-23-127-001, 50-22-23-127-002, 50-22-23-127-003, 50-22-23-127-004, 50-22-23-127-005, 50-22-23-126-019 and 50-22-23-126-020).
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  10. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1183
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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.

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