CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
February 05, 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 Heintz, Gurumurthy, Smith, Staudt, Thomas
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PRESENTATIONS
Assessing Presentation - Jan Ziozios, Deputy Assessor
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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 of approval to award the Janitorial Services contract to Master Maintenance in the amount of $199,674.18 for a one (1) year contract with the option of two (2) one-year renewals.
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2. Consideration of approval to purchase (3) 2024 Ford F-350s from Lunghamer Ford, through the MiDeal Cooperative Purchasing Contract; and upfits to be completed by Truck and Trailer Specialties through the City of Rochester Hills RFP contract, in the amount of $231,242.00.
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3. Initial consideration of Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) eligibility of the request of Sakura Novi Residential, LLC, for Sakura East JZ23-41, to rezone from Light Industrial (I-1) to Town Center One (TC-1) on land located on the south side of Eleven Mile Road, west of Meadowbrook Road in Section 23. The applicant is proposing to utilize the Planned Rezoning Overlay option to rezone and develop a 45-unit multiple-family townhome development on approximately 3.5 acres of land. Under the PRO Ordinance, this initial review by City Council is an opportunity to review and comment on the eligibility of the proposal and give feedback to the applicant before they formalize their plans.
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4. Approval of Letters of Understanding with City of Novi Collective Bargaining groups for a one-time Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA).
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5. Approval and confirmation of goal language from January 6, 2024, Early Input Budget Session
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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
2. Rules 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:
January 22, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval to award engineering design services to AECOM for the 2024 Capital Preventative Maintenance program, in the amount of $52,254.56.
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C. Approval of the final payment to DiPonio Contracting, LLC for the Howell’s Walled Lake Subdivision Water Main Replacement, Street Repaving & Sanitary Sewer Repair project, in the amount of $73,287.76, plus interest earned on retainage.
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D. Approval to purchase night vision goggles for the Novi Police Department’s Special Response Team (SRT) in the amount $74,706 from Night Vision Devices (NVD) through the West Bloomfield Township awarded bid.
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E. Consideration of Ordinance No. 24-124.20, an Ordinance to Amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, at Chapter 11, “Design and Construction Standards”, and consideration of Ordinance Nos. 24-106.05 and 24-168.02, Ordinances to Amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances at Chapter 12, “Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance”, to meet the requirements of the City’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit issued by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. SECOND READING
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F. Approval of Amendment to Agreement with Medstar for EMS Services
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G. Approval of Introduction of Ordinance 24-156.06, an ordinance to amend Chapter 2, Administration, Article V, Boards and Commissions, Division 3, Board of Review, Section 2-193.1, Application for Exemption and Section 2-193.6, Guidelines to be Uniformly Applied, relating to poverty exemptions, in order to revise the standards for uniform application of exemption provisions to comply with state law requirements.
SECOND READING.
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H. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1149
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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.