Sep 9, 2024

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 September 09, 2024 | 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 

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 to award engineering design services to AECOM for the design of the ITC Trail to Bosco Fields Connector Pathway, in the amount of$81,610.
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2. Approval to purchase twenty-seven (27) sets of protective turnout gear for the Novi Fire Department full-time firefighters from Phoenix Safety Outfitters, an authorized dealer for LION, who holds the National Purchasing Partners (NPP) cooperative purchase agreement for $100,111.95 and amend the budget.
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3. Approval to award contract to Great Lakes Power and Lighting, Inc. for Civic Center theatre lighting replacement in the amount of $112,620.
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4. Consideration of approval to award the contract to Long Mechanical, the low bidder, for Novi Ice Arena replacement of existing HVAC units in the amount of$733,560 and amend the budget.
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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. Public Utilities and Technology Committee
2. Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee
3. Mobility Committee

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:
 August 26, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors  for the design of Bellagio Sanitary Lift Station Improvements, in the amount of $33,660.00.
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C. Consideration of approval to purchase one unmarked vehicle for the Novi Police Department from Lunghamer Ford of Owosso, through the MiDeal Cooperative purchasing contract, in the amount of $40,845.
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D. Approval of the recommendation from the Consultant Review Committee to renew Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment (OHM) Advisors Contract for Professional Services for three years.
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E. Approval of request for Pyrotechnics Display Permit by Brightmoor Christian Church to be operated by James Herr, on Saturday, September 21st, 2024.
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F. Approval of resolution appointing Mario Gibbons (Employee Delegate) and Tia Gronlund-Fox (Officer Delegate) as the 2024 City of Novi representatives to attend the Annual Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) Conference to be held October 10-11, 2024.
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G. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1163
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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.