City of Southfield 
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
June 23, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. 
Council Chambers 
Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, Michigan 48076
Telephone: 248-796-5150

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPOINTMENTS

PRESENTATIONS  

COMMUNICATIONS

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

• No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which the officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, performs his or her 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 and silent.  If a person addressing the Council refuses to become silent 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 signed up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future.

MINUTES

A.    Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of April 7, 2025
B.    Regular Meeting Minutes of April 21, 2025
C.    Regular Meeting Minutes of April 28, 2025

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

A.    Request to Transfer Ownership and Location of the Class C Liquor License from Kaiser Real Estate of Metamora LLC  (Business ID. No. 244173, in Escrow at 3700 Metamora Rel. Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan)  to Barkside OC LLC, to be Located at 15640 West 11 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI

B.    Authorization to Purchase Sewer Inspection Software

C.    Authorization to Purchase a Replacement Vactor

D.    Receipt of Bids for Farmbrook Road Reconstruction from Telegraph Rd to 850 feet west of Telegraph Rd (Job No. 2599SFLD)

E.    Contract for GIS Services with NV5 Geospatial, Inc.

F.    Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services Contract Extension

G.    Authorization to Purchase New Fire Hose for the Fire Department

H.    Authorization to Award Bid for Bus Stop Furnishing Installations

I.    Authorization to Award Bid for Welcome to Southfield Sign Fabrication and Installation

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND/OR ACTION

A.    PROTEC (Protect Rights-of-Way from Telecommunications Encroachments) Membership Renewal

B.    Approval for OHM Advisors Services for Development of Master Plan for Freeway Park

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

A.    Public Hearing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan and 2021-2026 Five Year Consolidated Plan

ORDINANCES

A.    Enact Ordinance No. 1813, PTZA25-0001, The proposed text amendment will amend Title V, Zoning and Planning, Chapter 45, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Southfield by amending Article 9 – Section 5.103; to update the uses permitted in the OS Office Service zoning district to include limited retail and restaurant uses in certain areas

COUNCIL

A.    Travel Expense Report: Charles Hicks, 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, May 27-30, 2025

B.    Travel Expense Report: Michael Ari Mandelbaum, Michigan Chronicle Pancakes & Politics, May 22, 2025

C.    Travel Expense Report: Michael Ari Mandelbaum, 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, May 27-30, 2025

MAYOR

A.    Travel Expense Report: Kenson Siver, 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, May 27-30, 2025

ADMINISTRATION

A.    Embassy Suites Receiver Cost Reimbursement Agreement  

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

CLOSED SESSION

A.    Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act (OMA), Public Act 267 Section 7, MCL 15.268(c), a discussion for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement in a closed session as requested by one of the negotiating parties.

Individuals with special need for this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 711 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.