City Manager Overview

Clay J. Pearson
City Manager
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The City Manager is the chief administrative officer for the City of
Novi and is responsible for all city departments. The City
Manager attends all City Council meetings and reports directly to
the City Council on all city matters. Among other duties, this
office is charged with the preparation and submittal of the Annual
Budget and Capital Program, reports regularly on the financial
operations of the city and maintains active membership in various
civic organizations. Novi's City Manager is Clay J. Pearson
who can be reached at
248-347-0420.
The Assistant City Manager assists the City Manager in developing
program strategies to achieve City Council goals and to improve the
quality of life in Novi. She coordinates day-to-day operations
and ensures integration of services among City Departments as well
as the dependable delivery of high quality services while conserving
community resources. Novi's Assistant City Manager is Pam
Antil and can be reached at 248-347-0450.
The City
of Novi operates under a centralized purchasing system. The
Purchasing Official is responsible not only for obtaining all
products and services required for daily operation of the city but
also maintains an extensive bidders list, formally receives sealed
bids, and monitors contractual services and budgets. Novi’s
Purchasing Manager is Sue Morianti who can be reached at
248-347-0446.
The Community Relations Manager is responsible for all of Novi’s
monthly government access cable television programming, website
development and maintenance, production of the city calendar and
annual report, community newsletters, media relations and press
releases, a wide variety of promotional city events and displays and
general inquiry fulfillment. The Community Relations Manager
is Sheryl Walsh. She can be reached at 248-735-5628.
The Director of Human Resources oversees all aspects of Human
Resources for the city including responsible for employee’s worker’s
compensation, all union negotiations, and handles the city’s
grievances. The Director of Human Resources is also responsible for
the recruiting of all city employees and handles city insurance
matters. Novi’s Director of Human Resources is Tia Gronlund-Fox who
can be reached at 248-347-0452.