CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
May 5, 2025 | 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

FY 2025-26 Budget and 2025 Millage Rates
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PRESENTATIONS 

Third Quarter Council Goals Update
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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 a resolution for the Fiscal Year 2025 - 2026 Budget and Acknowledging the Multi-Year Budget, Including Projections of Future Fiscal Years 2026 - 2027 and 2027 - 2028.  
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  2. Approval of Resolution for 2025 Millage Rates. 
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  3. Consideration of approval to award a unit price contract to Spray-Patch Road Repair, Inc., the low bidder, for the Spray Patch Road Repair Program in the estimated annual amount of $224,540. 
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  4. FIRST READING of the consideration for an Ordinance Amendment amending Section 22-112, “Fireworks” 
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  5. Approval of the FIRST READING of Text Amendment 18.305 to allow increased capacity in child care centers per the conditions stated in the amendment.  
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  6. Consideration of tentative approval of Feldman Kia, JZ24-32, with Zoning Map Amendment 18.746 to rezone property at the southwest corner of Grand River Avenue and Joseph Drive from Non-Center Commercial to General Business with a Planned Rezoning Overlay. 
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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. Finance & Administration Committee - Mayor Fischer 
  2. Council Rules Committee - Mayor Fischer
  3. Ordinance Review Committee - Mayor Fischer

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

COMMUNICATIONS

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.

  1. Approve Minutes of:
      April 16, 2025 - Special Meeting
      April 21, 2025 - Regular Meeting
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  2. Approval to award engineering design services to AECOM for the design of Villa Barr Pathway Paving and Extension, in the amount of $23,629. 
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  3. Approval of two resolutions to update precinct boundaries and polling locations, and to temporarily consolidate precincts for 2025 elections. 
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  4. Adoption of Resolution seeking reimbursement from Oakland County for expenses associated with the City of Novi’s annual Mosquito Control Program.   
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  5. Approval of a sidewalk easement for Driftwood Bar & Grill located on the east side of East Lake Road and south of Fourteen Mile Road (parcel 50-22-02-126-013). 
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  6. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for the Catholic Central STEM Addition project located on the south side of Twelve Mile Road and west of Wixom Road.
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  7. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for the Porsche of Novi project located on the west side of Haggerty Road north of Ten Mile Road. 
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  8. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for Townes at Main Street located on the south side of Main Street, east of Novi Road.
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  9. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1179
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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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