Editing Novi, Michigan (section)

==Government==
Novi operates under the [[Council-Manager|council-manager]] form of government. It is governed by a 7-member [[City Council|city council]], consisting of a [[mayor]] elected to two-year terms, and six other councilmembers elected to staggered four-year terms.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Michigan election results 2023: Oakland County races and proposals |url=https://www.freep.com/elections/results/local/2023-11-07/26125/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref> Councilmembers serve part-time, [[at-large]], and without pay, and are elected in a nonpartisan capacity in odd-numbered years. The council elects one of its members to serve as [[Pro tempore|mayor pro tempore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://cityofnovi.org/government/city-council/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=City of Novi}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Current councilmembers<ref name=":0" />
!Councilmember
!Serving since
!Term expires
|-
|Justin Fischer (mayor)
|2023
|2025
|-
|Laura Marie Casey
|2011
|2027
|-
|Priya Gurumurthy
|2023
|2025
|-
|Matt Heintz
|2023
|2027
|-
|Brian Smith
|2021
|2025
|-
|David Staudt
|2007
|2027
|-
|Ericka Thomas
|2021
|2025
|}
The city council appoints a [[City Manager|city manager]], who oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. The first city charter was adopted by the voters in 1969. The last major charter revision was in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Charter |url=http://cityofnovi.org/Resources/CodeOfOrdinances.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711184136/http://cityofnovi.org/Resources/CodeOfOrdinances.asp |archive-date=July 11, 2009 |access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>

=== Federal, state, and county legislators ===
Most of Novi is located in [[Michigan's 6th congressional district]], while a small portion is located in the [[Michigan's 11th congressional district|11th congressional district]].
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrickson |first=Clara |date=2024-11-05 |title=US Rep. Haley Stevens reelected to another 2-year term in Congress, defeating Nick Somberg |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/05/us-rep-haley-stevens-reelected/75807876007/ |access-date= |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 6th congressional district|6th]]
|[[Debbie Dingell]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|-
|[[Michigan's 11th congressional district|11th]]
|[[Haley Stevens]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2019
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Michigan Senate]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan State Senate Districts (Linden) |url=https://data.michigan.gov/download/i67p-mi6f/application%2Fpdf |website=Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Senators |url=https://senate.michigan.gov/senators/senators/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Michigan Senate}}</ref>
!District
!Senator
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 13th Senate district|13th]]
|[[Rosemary Bayer]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|-
|[[Michigan's 23rd Senate district|23rd]]
|[[Jim Runestad]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2019{{efn|Runestad has represented all or part of Novi since 2019, but has only represented the 23rd district since 2023.|name=fn1|group=lower-alpha}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Michigan House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan State House Districts (Hickory) |url=https://data.michigan.gov/download/fjje-2wv6/application%2Fpdf |website=Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=2024 MI State House General Election Results |url=https://www.freep.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/michigan/state-house |access-date= |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref>
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 21st House of Representatives district|21st]]
|[[Kelly Breen (politician)|Kelly Breen]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2021{{efn|Breen has represented all or part of Novi since 2021, but has only represented the 21st district since 2023.|name=fn2|group=lower-alpha}}
|-
|[[Michigan's 49th House of Representatives district|49th]]
|[[Ann Bollin]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Oakland County Board of Commissioners]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner Districts |url=https://oakgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4f848e8372074b6b864d919929127fe4 |access-date= |website=Oakland County |via=[[ArcGIS]]}}</ref>
!District
!Commissioner
!Party
!Since
|-
|14th
|Ajay Raman
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|-
|15th
|Gwen Markham
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2019
|}