CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
April 20, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Fox Run Senior Living Community | Belmont Clubhouse | 41200 Fox Run Road
(248) 347-0460

This meeting will be taking place at the Fox Run Senior Living Community. When entering from Thirteen Mile Road guests will need to proceed through the security gate and indicate their intent to attend the City of Novi Council meeting. Should you need assistance, staff and volunteers can direct you to appropriate building/room. Due to the venue, our normal meeting technology will be limited. No live broadcast will be available; however, a recording will be made available online following the meeting. Additionally, we will be unable to project visual aspects of presentations. All materials can be viewed prior to, during, and after the meeting at cityofnovi.org.

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

Novi Youth Assistance - Greg Cocke and Sabrina Matsil

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 a three-year VMware Cloud Foundation software license renewal to People Driven Technology, in the amount of $103,812 per year.
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  2. Consideration of awarding a contract to Robinson Capital for Portfolio Management Services.
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  3. Approval of the Beautification Commission's recommendation to award the Neighborhood Entryway Enhancement Matching Grant to Beckenham, Bradford of Novi, Carlton Forest, Churchill Crossing, Liberty Park, and Willowbrook Farms.
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  4. Approval of a Resolution for the extension of a lease of City Property to the US Postal Service for approximately 10,680 square feet of City-owned land on the west side of Novi Road, north of Ten Mile Road, immediately north of the US Post Office Branch, for one term of five years beginning March 1, 2028, until February 28, 2033.
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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.

  1. Approval of request for Pyrotechnics Display Permit by Brightmoor Christian Church to be operated by James Herr, from April 23, 2026 to April 24, 2026.
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  2. Consideration of approval to award a three-year SentinelOne software renewal to People Driven Technology, in the amount of $77,066.48.
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  3. Approval of a Resolution Authorizing overflow attendee parking for “2026 Comic-Con” to occur on the Vibe Credit Union Showplace at 46100 Grand River Avenue and nearby properties on May 15 - May 17, 2026.
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  4. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1201
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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.