City of Southfield

Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council

August 24, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Council Chambers

Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus

26000 Evergreen Road

Southfield, Michigan 48076

Telephone: 248-796-5150 Website: www.cityofsouthfield.com

 

ROLL CALL

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Presentation of Employee of the Month

Presentation of New Stryker Medical Equipment

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

The Southfield City Council has established the following Rules of Procedure for all speakers:

§ Each speaker will have 3 minutes to address the council.

· Each speaker is responsible for his or her comments and the City of Southfield does not, by permitting such remarks, support, endorse or accept the content, thereof, as being true or accurate.

· No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Councilmember or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which they perform their duties.

· No person shall use abusive or threatening language toward any individual when addressing the City Council.

Any person who violates this section shall be directed by the presiding officer to be orderly. If a person addressing the Council refuses when so directed, such person may be deemed by the presiding officer to have committed a “breach of the peace” by disrupting and impeding the orderly conduct of the public meeting of the City Council and may be ordered by the presiding officer to leave the meeting. If the person refuses to leave as directed, the presiding officer may direct any law enforcement officer who is present to escort the violator from the meeting.

The Council may not provide responses to public comments during the meeting. If you have provided your contact information when you sign up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future should it be needed. The Council may respond to comments at the end of communications if they are able to do so.

 

 

MINUTES

 

A. Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of July 13, 2026

B. Regular Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2026

C. Joint Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2026

 

CONSENT AGENDA (these items are considered routine / non-controversial or have previously been discussed)

 

A. Approval to Purchase Ten (10) Portable APX6000 Radios & Six (6) Mobile OCP25 Compatible Radios for Apparatuses, Firefighters, & Cadets

 

B. Authorization to Purchase One (1) 2026 Replacement Road Rescue Ultramedic Life Support Unit (Ambulance) for the Southfield Fire Department

 

C. Southfield Police Department and Southfield Fire Department/ Request to approve CLEMIS Authority Participation Agreement

 

D. Purchase of Firearms to be used by City of Southfield’s Police Department

 

E. Purchase Cloud Email Security for the improvement of the City’s Cybersecurity Posture

 

F. Payment for Printing and Postage for the 2026 Election Guide

 

G. Authorization to Purchase Replacement Parts for Dump Trucks

 

H. Authorization to Apply for Michigan Economic Development Corporation Technical Assistance Grant – Investment and Placemaking Toolkit

 

I. Authorization to Renew Annual Membership in the Michigan Municipal League

 

J. Janitorial Supplies and Paper Products Purchase Contract

 

K. Authorization for Contract for Detention Facility Operations

 

L. Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Vettraino Consulting, LLC for Executive Search Services for the Director of Human Resources Position

 

M. Authorization to Award Contract for Managed Assigned Council Coordinator in accordance with Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Grant

 

N. Authorization to Transition Online Utility and Phone (IVR) Payment Processing from Paymentus to Point & Pay

 

O. Authorization for DPW Equipment Training

 

P. Authorize submission of a FY 2028 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant application for Nine Mile Pathway M-10/M-39 Bridge Gap Crossing AKA Golden Spike Project

 

Q. Authorization to Apply for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Grant for Nine Mile Pathway M-10/M-39 Bridge Gap Crossing Funding

 

R. Authorization to Execute Contract Proposal with OHM Advisors for Final Design Engineering of Nine Mile Pathway M-10/M-39 Bridge Gap Crossing

 

S. Authorization to Install Native Plant Mural on South Wall of Municipal Building

 

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

 

A. Hearing of Necessity for Special Assessment Project F-1178 (Step 3 & 4); 10 Mile Rd Right-of-Way Fence between Southwood and Fairfax

 

B. PSLU26-0005, the Special Use request by EDG Architecture Studios on behalf of Harvard Plaza LLC, to renovate a former bank building and operate a restaurant with a drive-thru window in one of the tenant spaces at 27100 Lahser Road, Southfield, Michigan

 

C. PCZR26-0002, the request to conditionally rezone 0.78 acres of land at 19991 W 12 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-14-101-227) from B-2, Planned Business to B-3, General Business

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1845

 

D. PSLU26-0003, the Special Use request of The Kroger CO of Michigan, to construct and operate a gas station at 19991 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-14-101-227)

 

ORDINANCES

 

A. Enact Ordinance No. 1843 PCZR26-0003, the request to conditionally rezone the western part of the parcel at 20000 W 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI (Parcel 24-11-351-040) from P Vehicular Parking to B-3 General Business (making the entire parcel B-3 zoned)

 

B. Enact Ordinance No. 1844, PZRODD25-0003, the request to amend the existing ODD Agreement for the Northland Subarea Redevelopment Plan Overlay Development District to update the project phasing/timeline

 

COUNCIL

 

MAYOR

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

 

ATTORNEY

 

A. Crystal Donahue. v City of Southfield, et al.

Oakland County Circuit Court Case No.2026-221753-NO

 

B. Naser Saleem v City of Southfield, et al.

Oakland County Circuit Court Case No. 2026-2233308-NI

 

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

 

SCHEDULE

 

 

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