CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
March 09, 2026 | 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, Martinez, Smith, Staudt
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PRESENTATIONS
CMAQ Award Check Presentation
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REPORTS
- Manager/Staff
- 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
- Consideration of approval of Change Order No. 7 to Mattioli Cement Company, Inc. for the 2025 Neighborhood Road Program – Concrete Streets to add the Villa Barr Art Park Concrete Paths, in the amount of $153,018.
Click here for packet item. - Consideration of approval to award the Novi Road Median Drainage Improvements, 12 Mile Road to 13 Mile Road, project contract to Santos Cement, Inc., the qualified low bidder, in the amount of $577,719.
Click here for packet item. - Consider a contract with Howell Design Group to serve as the City’s Technology/Security design firm for the 2025 Public Safety Bond Facilities project, in the amount of $300,000.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of a request from OCK Company Inc (DBA: K-Bunsik) for a special land use request for service of alcoholic beverages and for a new Class C quota license to be located at 24267 Novi Rd, Novi, MI 48375 and Agreement on the Prohibition on Profiteering by Class C Liquor License Holders.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of a request from Shake Shack for a new Class C quota license to be located at 43335 Crescent Blvd, Novi, MI 48375 and Agreement on the Prohibition on Profiteering by Class C Liquor License Holders.
Click here for packet item - Consideration of a resolution requested by Island Lake of Novi Community Association's to participate in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Goose Nest Destruction Program.
Click here for packet item. - Consideration to adopt a resolution placing a question on the August 2026 ballot, whether to authorize the City to levy a new millage for specified Capital Improvements and Projects of up to 1.0 mill, for a period of 10 years, beginning with the 2027 tax year.
Click here for packet item. - Approval of a Resolution of Intent to Create and Provide for the Operation of a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for the City of Novi.
Click here for packet item. - Discussion on the future of the Novi Ice Arena based on a referral from the Finance and Administration Committee Administration Committee
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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.
- Approve Minutes of:
February 23, 2026- Regular Meeting
Click here for packet item - Approval of request to transfer ownership of an escrowed 2025 Class C license from J & CD, Inc. to Kim’s Bap LLC, located at 43155 Main Street, Suite 300, Novi, MI 48375.
Click for packet item - Approval of the SECOND READING of Text Amendment 18.306 to reclassify auto washes from Principal Permitted Uses to Special Land Uses in the B-3 District, and to add use standards to be met by new Auto Wash establishments.
Click here for packet item - Approval to award engineering services to Spalding DeDecker for a Debris Management Feasibility Study in the amount of $21,227.
Click here for packet item - Approval of a Pawnbroker License requested by Thomas Blaine, Novi Jewelry & Coin, Inc., located at 41990 Grand River Avenue.
Click here for packet item - Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of February 9, 2026, in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing confidential correspondence from the City Attorney.
Click here for packet item - Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1198.
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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.