CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
July 13, 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

Priority Waste - Sam Caramagno

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. Consideration of the purchase of an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) System through Samsara Inc via the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract for a three-year term of $134,439.
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  2. Approval of the FIRST READING of Text Amendment 18.307 to comprehensively revise the Landscape Ordinance and the Landscape Design Manual.
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  3. Approval of resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2027-1
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  4. Approval of Proposed Water & Sewer Rate Resolutions for 2026-2027
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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. Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee - Mayor Pro Tem Casey
  2. Public Utilities and Technology Committee - Councilmember Gurumurthy

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:
     Jun 22, 2026 - Regular Meeting
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  2. Approval of resolution recognizing Feline Fund 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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  3. Approval of amendments to the contracts for the City Manager, City Clerk, and City Assessor as prepared and approved as to form by the City Attorney.
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  4. Approval of Acceptance of Department of Public Works (DPW) Asset Management Policy for American Public Works Association (APWA) Accreditation
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  5. Approval of an Agreement between the City of Novi and the City of Northville for an emergency connection to public water in order to provide a secondary source of water at Taft Road.
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  6. Approval of a warranty deed to dedicate 60 feet of half-width right-of-way along the south side of Thirteen Mile Road from Novara Properties, LLC as part of the Fresh Smart development (parcel 50-22-11-126-004).
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  7. Approval to amend the Water Service Connections contract with Murphy Pipeline Contractors, the City’s water service installation contractor, to adjust unit costs to reflect an increase in material costs.
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  8. Approval of Resolution Declaring Necessity and Tentative Intent to Proceed with Project and Setting Public Hearing for Main Street Area Streetlighting and Streetscape (Resolution No. 2)
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  9. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1205
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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.