August 10, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting 08/10/2026 07:00 PM

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

• 1.Special Assessment District 186 for Main Street Area Streetlighting and Streetscape

• 186 Public Hearing 1 newspaper notice.pdf (0.02 MB)

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.Initial presentation of the project in the City West Corridor from Lincoln Avenue Communities, with the potential to utilize either a Payment in Lieu of Taxes arrangement or the MSHDA Housing TIF program.

• Lincoln Avenue Presentation Motion Sheet.pdf (0.17 MB)
• Lincoln Avenue Presentation Motion Sheet Info.pdf (0.26 MB)
• 26-0810 - 45500 Grand River - City Council Memo.pdf (0.32 MB)
• 26-0810 - 45500 Grand River - City Council Presentation.pdf (2.45 MB)

• 2.Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to Koala-T Construction Corp., the low bidder, for the 2026-27 Neighborhood Roads Program – Concrete, in the amount of $4,731,490.

• NRP Motion sheet - Concrete.pdf (0.17 MB)
• Packet.pdf (0.82 MB)

• 3.Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to Federal Paving, Inc., the low bidder, for the 2026-27 Neighborhood Roads Program – Asphalt, in the amount of $5,378,404.

• NRP Motion sheet - Asphalt.pdf (0.17 MB)
• Packet.pdf (0.88 MB)

• 4.Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to Springline Excavating, LLC, the low bidder, for the Crescent Boulevard and Lee BeGole Drive Extension, in the amount of $7,420,865.

• Lee BeGole Motion sheet.pdf (0.18 MB)
• Packet.pdf.pdf (1.91 MB)

• 5.Discussion on the recent deliberations at the Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) as it pertains to the Novi Ice Arena 

• Ice Arena August 2026 Discussion.pdf (0.17 MB)
• 250515icearena.pdf (17.20 MB)
• 260219icearena.pdf (0.87 MB)
• Finance Committee July 22, 2026 draft minutes.pdf (0.10 MB)

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.Environmental Sustainability Committee - Councilmember Smith

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:
       July 27, 2026 - Regular Meeting

• 260727 R.pdf (0.25 MB)

• B.Approval of Resolution authorizing a Renewal of a Uniform Video Service Local Franchise Agreement with Comcast.

• Comcast.pdf (0.16 MB)
• 2026-07-23 Ltr to Council re Comcast Video Franchise Renewal.pdf (0.20 MB)
• Resolution Approving Renewal of Comcast Franchise on 08102026.doc.pdf (0.02 MB)

• C.Approval to award Michigan Automatic Sprinkler, Inc. $63,750 for the replacement of irrigation devices at Pavilion Shore Park and Ella Mae Power Park utilizing funds provided through the EGLE Community Energy Management Program grant.

• Irrigation Controllers Motion Sheet.pdf (0.17 MB)
• Pavillion Shore Controller Upgrade 6-16-26.pdf (0.54 MB)
• Power Park Controller Upgrade 6-16-26.pdf (0.55 MB)
• City of Novi Ella May Power Park Irrigation Upgrades-Repairs.pdf (0.13 MB)
• City of Novi Pavilion Shore Park Irrigation Upgrades-Repairs.pdf (0.13 MB)
• Ella May Power Park quote.pdf (0.23 MB)
• Pavilion Shore Park quote.pdf (0.22 MB)

• D.Approval of Resolution to Proceed with the Project and to Defray the Cost of the Project by Special Assessment upon Especially Benefitted Properties for Main Street Area Streetlighting and Streetscape (Resolution No. 3)

• Motion Sheet - Resolution No. 3.pdf (0.06 MB)
• Resolution No. 3 (move forward).pdf (0.02 MB)

• E.Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of August 10, 2026, in the Council Annex for the purpose of confidential communication from the City Attorney.

• ITEM-Staff-2a6ff3dab1714ca9b9300057508402d4 (6) (13).pdf (0.06 MB)

• F.Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1207

• Warrant xxxx Motion sheet.pdf (0.07 MB)
• WARRANTS 1207.pdf (0.07 MB)

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.