CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
March 10, 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

  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 COUNCILACTION

  1. Consideration to adopt a resolution placing a question on the August 2025 ballot whether to authorize the City to issue bonds and levy a new millage specific to the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of public safety facilities.
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  2. Consideration to approve the recommendation from the Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee to approve BerryDunn as consultant for the Facilitation of a Community Strategic Planning Process.  
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  3. Approval of resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2025-4 
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  4. Consideration of approval of proceeding with one of two estimated preventative maintenance options for Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. on Beck Road, 11 Mile Road to Grand River Avenue.
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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

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

COMMUNICATIONS

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

A.    Approve Minutes of: February 24, 2025 - Regular Meeting
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B.    Approval of a resolution to increase the marriage ceremony fee from $50 to $100
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C.    Approval to move the June 16, 2025 Council meeting to Monday, June 23, 2025.
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D.    Approval of a Resolution to close Meadowbrook Road from 25075 Meadowbrook to Ten Mile and close 10 Mile Road from Meadowbrook to the Civic Center at 45175 Ten Mile Road for the 2025 Memorial Day Parade from10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday, May 26, 2025. 
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E.    Approval to modify the Memorandum of Understanding to provide accounts payable and light accounting services to Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) and authorize the Mayor to sign a Memorandum of Understanding after review and final approval of the City Attorney and City Manager. 
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F.   Consideration of request to transfer ownership of an existing Class C Resort liquor license from Brinker Michigan, Inc. to Cantaritos Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, LLC,located at 20901 Haggerty Road, Novi, MI 48375.
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G.  Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of March 10, 2025, in the Council Annex to discuss union negotiations.
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H.   Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1175
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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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