CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 October 24, 2022 | 7:00 PM 
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center | 45175 Ten Mile Road 
(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL –  Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members  Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Smith, Thomas 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
PUBLIC HEARINGS
 
PRESENTATIONS 
Proclamation for Rotary International World Polio Day - Dr. Mav Sanghvi and Ginger Barrons 

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 approval of resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2023-2.
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2. Consideration to Introduce Ordinance No. 22-147.02, an Ordinance to Amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 2, Administration, Article VI, Purchase and Sale of Property, Section 2-201, Authorization for Expenditures, with regard to the expenditure amounts requiring Council approval.  SECOND READING
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3. Consideration of sale of property (Parcel No. 22-11-101-004) to Fadi Sakkijha and Kristina Sakkijha for $2,000 and to authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to finalize the documents necessary to convey the property.
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4. Consideration of approval for the proposed Request for Proposals (RFP) for an executive search firm to conduct the City’s search for a City Manager and for City staff to start the review process.
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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
 
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:
   October 10, 2022 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval to award a contract to Cadillac Asphalt, LLC for the temporary, 2-inch cap of asphalt on Martin Avenue after storm sewer improvements, in the amount of $32,100.
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C. Approval to award emergency water main repairs to D&D Water and Sewer for the repair of water service valves around the Ten Mile and Taft intersection, in the amount of $98,644, and amend the budget.
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D. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of October 24, 2022 in the Council Annex to consider confidential written communication from the City Attorney.
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E. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1118
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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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