Jan 8, 2024

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 January 08, 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 
Novi Public Library Annual Report - Julie Farkas, Library Director 
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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. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
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2. Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to True North Asphalt, the low bidder, for the Lakeshore Park Parking Lot Reconstruction project, in the amount of $270,115.90.
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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 
1. Appointments to Council Committees

COMMUNICATIONS 

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.   
A. Approve Minutes of:
December 18, 2023 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of a Street Lighting Purchase Agreement with Detroit Edison Company for the installation and ongoing operation cost of two (2) decorative streetlights located at each entrance of the Ballantyne Subdivision and approval of an agreement with Pulte Homes of Michigan, LLC for the sharing of installation and ongoing operation costs per the City’s Street Lighting Policy.
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C. Approval of Text Amendment 18.303 to amend Section 7.1, Nonconformities, of the Zoning Ordinance to provide the option for expanding a nonconforming use through a Special Land Use to be considered and potentially approved by Planning Commission after a public hearing.  SECOND READING
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D. Approval of a resolution to renew the Older Adult Needs Committee.
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E. Approval of a resolution to renew the Public Safety Building Needs Committee.
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F. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of January 8, 2024, in the Council Annex for confidential written correspondence from legal counsel and to discuss union negotiations.
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G. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1147
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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.