CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
March 24, 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

Proposed vacation of a portion of Gen Mar Drive
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PRESENTATIONS

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 of a contract to CSM Mechanical, LLC., for an emergency repair of the Drakes Bay Sanitary Lift Station in the amount of $161,967. 
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  2. Consideration to approve a Resolution to vacate a portion of Gen Mar Drive north of Ten Mile Road and west of Novi Road, and consideration to approve the Act 51 Resolution to decertify/vacate a portion of Gen Mar Drive, removing 0.292 miles of roadway from the City’s public street system.
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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. Environmental Sustainability Committee - Councilmember Smith
  2. Consultant Review Committee - Councilmember Staudt 

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:
       March 3, 2025 - Special Meeting
       March 10, 2025 - Special Meeting
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B. Approval of request for Pyrotechnics Display Permit by Brightmoor Christian Church to be operated by James Herr, from April 7, 2025 to April 13, 2025 
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C. Adoption of a Resolution requesting the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) include the existing bridge on Ashbury Drive over the Middle Branch of the Rouge River in the State Local Bridge Program List for Replacement. If MDOT selects the bridge, the City of Novi will accept 100% of the design engineering costs and 5% of the total construction cost. 
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D. Approval to purchase ASHRAE Level II energy audits through Information & Energy Services, Inc. in the amount of $28,917, and amend the budget. 
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E. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1176  
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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.