CITY OF NOVI
Public Utilities & Technology Committee Meeting
March 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Novi Depot Conf. Room | Novi Civic Center | 45175 Ten Mile Road
(248) 347-0445
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Council Members Gurumurthy, Heintz, and Martinez
STAFF LIAISON: Rob Petty, Chief Information Officer
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes of 02/19/2026
REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
Chairperson Gurumurthy will introduce and welcome the DTE team for a presentation and questions.
MATTERS FOR COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
- DTE
a. DTE representatives
b. Short-term goal:
i. Provide the committee, as it relates to the December 2025 outage incident, the root cause of the outage, the number of affected customers, and both the short-term and long-term corrective actions.
ii. Work with DTE to obtain, at a regular cadence, the data sets like those provided to Farmington Hills.
c. Long-term goal – To be established once the data sets from DTE are reviewed. - GLWA
a. 14 Mile 42-inch Water Main Project update by GLWA and City of Novi team.
b. 14 Mile 48-inch Water Main Repair update by GLWA and City of Novi team.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
- Establish date and time for next meeting(s).
REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURNMENT