Dec 11, 2023

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 December 11, 2023 | 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 Heintz, Smith, Staudt, Thomas 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

PUBLIC HEARINGS 

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS 

Presentations for applicants of Boards and Commissions
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1. Margaret Beller - Board of Review
2. Lori Burke - Board of Review
3. Larry Butler - Zoning Board of Appeals
4. Joe Peddiboyina - Zoning Board of Appeals
5. Joseph Samona - Board of Review
6. Michael Thompson - Zoning Board of Appeals

CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEWS
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1. Brian R. Bartlett
2. Brian Coward
3. Serge Delinois
4. Priya Gurumurthy
5. Mihran Kochyan
6. George Kortlandt
7. Stefanie Loring-Boritzki
8. Michael Lynch
9. Aaron Martinez
10. Daniel F. McNamara
11. Sujata Raman
12. Sobha Reddi
13. Salene Riggins
14. Chester W. "Chet" Roaden
15. Yerko Sepulveda
16. Ramesh C. Verma

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 the updated deficit elimination plan for the Capital Improvement Fund (CIP) as of June 30, 2023.
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2. Consideration of approval to purchase one (1) 2025 International Single-axle RDS Truck from Tri-county International through the State of Michigan MiDeal cooperative purchasing contract; and upfits to be completed by Truck and Trailer Specialties through the City of Rochester Hills RFP contract, in the amount of$300,787.02.
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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.   

A. Approve Minutes of:
November 20, 2023 - Regular Meeting (Amended)  
November 27, 2023 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval to purchase radio equipment for the Fire Department through Motorola for $38,579.80, the approved vendor for  Oakland County, for the P25 Radio Replacement Project and amend the budget.
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C. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Fox Detroit Properties LLC for Jaguar-Land Rover car dealership located south of Grand River Avenue and west of Meadowbrook Road (parcel 50-22-23-251-025).
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D. Approval to Adopt Interlocal Agreement for I.T. Services between Oakland County and the City of Novi.
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E. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of December 11, 2023, in the Council Annex for confidential written communication for legal counsel and to discuss pending litigation, Novi v Malles.
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F. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1145
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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.