City of Southfield 

Regular Meeting (conducted as a Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting)

Agenda of the City Council 

January 5, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Council Study

Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus

26000 Evergreen Road

Southfield, Michigan 48076

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

ROLL CALL

 

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. 

 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

 

A. 27777 Franklin (Parcel #24-17-351-021) – Presentation and discussion regarding a proposed landscape contractor’s yard

B. 28100 Franklin Rd & 28411 Northwestern Hwy (Parcel #24-17-151-012 & -005) – Presentation and discussion regarding a proposed redevelopment of the                     Embassy Suites site & in-fill development on a portion of the parking lot for the neighboring office building

C. Hobbs and Black Aquatic Center Presentation

D. Southfield Road Improvement Project – Road Commission for Oakland County Presentation

E. 23660 Telegraph (Parcel #24-28-301-058) – Presentation and discussion regarding a proposed billboard

F. Presentation and Discussion Regarding 8 Mile/Greenfield Lighting Project

G. Authorization for Additional Preliminary Engineering Services for Nine Mile Shared-Use Pathway, NB Northwestern Service Drive to Greenfield Road                            (Job No. 2620SFLD)

H. Alarm Monitoring Services (Rule 10 – immediate need to act)

I. Bids for On-Call Electrical Services for the Facilities Maintenance Department (Rule 10 – immediate need to act)

J. Review the following Council Meeting Minutes:  (Rule 10 – immediate need to act)

• Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for May 2, 2025 (Council Retreat)
• Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for May 5, 2025
• Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for May 8, 2025 (Budget)
• Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for May 14, 2025 (Budget)
• Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for June 9, 2025

 

K. Contract Renewal for City Administrator Frederick E. Zorn Jr

 

AND ANY OTHER ITEMS DEEMED NECESSARY

 

Individuals with special needs 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.