CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
September 14, 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

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. Approval of resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2027-2.
    Click here for packet item
  2. Consideration of approval of assessment payment to Oakland County for the Caddell Drain Rehabilitation project at the intersection of 9 Mile and Drake Roads, in the amount of $220,134.
    Click here for packet item
  3. Consideration of approval to award the Southwest Water Main Loop project contract to Bidigare Contractors, Inc., the qualified low bidder, in the amount of $4,039,390.
    Click here for packet item

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. Approve Minutes of:
     August 31, 2026 - Regular Meeting
    Click here for packet item
  2. Approval to amend Council Organization Rules and Order of Business. 
    Click here for packet item
  3. Approval of a Resolution amending the membership of the City Council Cultural Arts Committee.
    Click here for packet item
  4. Approval of the request of Sri Venkateswara Temple for an Addendum to the Basilian Fathers PRO Agreement, for property located near 11 Mile and Taft Roads.
    Click here for packet item
  5. Consideration to Approve a Purchase Agreement to Sell a Portion of Parcel 22-23-151-029 to Novi Industrial, LLC for $68,000 for Placement of a Storage Tower.
    Click here for packet item
  6. Approval of a Resolution to close the intersection of Ten Mile and Taft Roads for the 2026 Novi High School Homecoming Parade from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, October 9, 2026.
    Click here for packet item
  7. Approval of a request from Gratus, LLC for a variance from Section 5.6.4 (B)(7) of the Engineering Design Manual to have a pumped stormwater outlet for their underground detention system.
    Click here for packet item
  8. Approval of temporary Traffic Control Order 26-11(T) to establish no parking on Olde Orchard St. and one-way southbound traffic from Grand River Avenue to Ten Mile Road throughout the duration of the road maintenance project.
    Click here for packet item
  9. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for Orsa Credit Union as part of the Orsa Credit Union site plan, located on the north side of Grand River Avenue east of Crescent Boulevard (parcel 50-22-15-476-061).
    Click here for packet item
  10. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for Novi Holding, LLC as part of the Sheetz site plan, located on the south side of 12 Mile Road west of Haggerty Road (parcel 50-22-13-200-016).
    Click here for packet item
  11. Approval of a sidewalk easement from Novi Holding, LLC as part of the Sheetz site plan, located on the south side of 12 Mile Road west of Haggerty Road (parcel 50-22-13-200-016).
    Click here for packet item
  12. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1209
    Click here for packet item

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.