Feb 12, 2024

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 February 12, 2024 | 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 

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PRESENTATIONS 
Presentations for applicants of Boards and Commissions

1. Lee Mamola - Construction Board of Appeals *reappointment
2. Tiffany Nair – Board of Review
3. Bob O’Donnell – Corridor Improvement Authority
4. Mary Angela Winter – Beautification Commission
5. Peter Winter – Board of Review
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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 to approve variance relief from the depth-to-width ratio required in Chapter 38 of the City Code, Subdivision of Land, in order to allow a land division related to parcel 50-22-33-100-009, located at 47133 Nine Mile Road, that would result in two separate parcels, one of which would exceed the permitted ratio of the Code of Ordinances.
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2. Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to T&M Asphalt Paving, Inc., the low bidder, for the Meadowbrook Commons and Wildlife Woods Pickleball and Parking Expansion project, in the amount of $1,116,150.75 and amend the budget.
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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. Older Adult Needs Committee

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 5, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of Letter of Understanding between the City of Novi and the Command Officers Association of Michigan (COAM) for a one-time Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2% effective January 7, 2024.
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C. Approval and confirmation of goal language from January 6, 2024, Early Input Budget Session with updates provided from the February 5, 2024, Regular Council Meeting.
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D. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1150
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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.