CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 May 08, 2023 | 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 
1. FY 2023-24 Budget and 2023 Millage Rates
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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 COUNCIL ACTION 
1. Approval of Resolution for 2023 Millage Rates
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2. Approval of Resolution for Fiscal-Year 2023-2024 Budget and Acknowledging the Multi-Year Budget, Including Projections of Future Fiscal-Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.
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3. Consideration of approval to award a unit price contract to Scodeller Construction, Inc., the lowest qualified bidder, for the Joint and Crack Seal Program in the estimated annual amount of $250,000.  The contract term is one year with two one-year renewal options.
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4. Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to Fer-Pal Construction USA LLC, the low bidder, for the Westminster Subdivision Water Main Lining project, in the amount of $952,481.
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5. Consideration of approval to authorize additional design services to Spalding DeDecker for the next three phases of water main replacement in the City’s water distribution system, in the amount of $280,790.76.
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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:
     A. April 13, 2023 - Special Meeting
     B. April 17, 2023 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of Resolution Authorizing parking and staging for the “2023 Motor City Comic-Con” to occur on certain parcels near the Suburban Collection Showplace property at 46100 Grand River Avenue
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C. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.300 to update the Novi Site Plan and Development Manual in its entirety and to amend the Zoning Ordinance at Section 6, “General Provisions,” Section 6.1, “Site Plan Review (All Districts)” to reference the updated 2023 version of the Site Plan and Development Manual.  SECOND READING
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D. Approval to award Healey Fire Protection, Inc. $54,775.00 to upgrade the existing fire monitoring panel for the Public Safety building as part of the elevator system upgrades.
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E. Approval of an annual maintenance contract with SCADA Blocks for assistance with the operation and maintenance of the City’s water and sewer SCADA system, in the estimated annual amount of $35,347.60 and one-time onboarding costs of $24,850.00. The contract term is two years with three one-year renewal options.
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F. Approval of the 2023 Summer Maintenance Agreement between the City of Novi and the Road Commission for Oakland County for street sweeping selected County Roads in Novi; and adoption of resolution authorizing Novi to provide summer maintenance on selected County roads.
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G. Approval to accept the residential street as part of Park Place East and adoption of Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting a portion of Boardwalk Avenue as public, adding 0.12 miles of roadway to the City's public street system.
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H. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Novi Forum, LLC for Fountain View Professional Center, located north of Twelve Mile Road, east of Dixon Road (parcel 50-22-10-400-074).
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I. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from KEMPL Group, LLC for The Goddard School of Novi, located on the South of Thirteen Mile Road West of Cabot Drive (parcel 50-22-12-200-050).
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J. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from AMKT Novi Reality, LLC for Storie Lou Plaza, located on the North of Grand River Ave. East of Novi Road (parcel 50-22-14-352-002).
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K. Approve the completion and submission of the Oakland County 2023 Interim Local Transportation Reimbursement Program application to seek funding through the Program for a total project cost not to exceed $172,550 and authorize the City Manager to sign all program-related documents on behalf of City of Novi.
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L. Approval to purchase a three-year subscription of the SentinelOne software package through People Driven Technology in the amount of $58,872.00.
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M. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of May 8, 2023 in the Council Annex to discuss property acquisition and privileged correspondence.
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N. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1131
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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.