CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
August 31, 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
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
- Approval of request for Pyrotechnics Display Permit by Brightmoor Christian Church to be operated by James Herr on September 19, 2026.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of approval to pay Oakland County Water Resource Commissioner for emergency sanitary sewer repairs completed, in the amount of $155,324.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of approval to award condition assessment services to Xylem for PCCP water main condition assessment and Acoustic Fiber Optic installation in the amount of $1,091,368.
Click here for packet item - Consideration to Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Prepayment to the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner (WRC) for Capital Improvements at the Walled Lake-Novi Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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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
- Public Utilities & Technology Committee - Councilmember Gurumurthy
- Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee - Mayor Pro Tem Casey
- Finance & Administration Committee - Mayor Fischer
- Corridor Improvement Authority - 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.
- Approve Minutes of:
August 10, 2026 - Regular Meeting
Click here for packet item - Approval of the 2026 MERS Delegate Certification Form appointing Kamry Smith as the Employee Delegate and Katie McConnachie as the Officer Delegate to attend the 2026 Annual Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) Conference.
Click here for packet item - Acceptance of a Conservation Easement associated with Michigan CAT, for property located east of Novi Road, north of Catherine Drive.
Click here for packet item - Acceptance of a Pedestrian Plaza Easement associated with Michigan CAT, for property located east of Novi Road, north of Ten Mile Road.
Click here for packet item - Approval of a Maintenance and Access Agreement from UPH Novi Property LLC as part of Culver’s site plan, located on the west side of Novi Road north of West Oaks Drive (parcel 50-22-15-200-115).
Click here for packet item - Approval of proposed park shelter rental rate increase to begin on January 1, 2027.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of the 2027 City Council Meeting Calendar.
Click here for packet item - Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1208
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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.