The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Northville on Sept. 11 introduced a first reading of an ordinance authorizing a $110,000 special emergency appropriation to prepare the borough's required stormwater-system mapping. The borough official who presented the item said the mapping is required by the state and that the borough will receive $25,000 in reimbursement after the work is completed.

The ordinance authorizes the appropriation and begins the formal adoption process. The council took the item as a first reading and set a second reading and public hearing for the Oct. 8 meeting, city officials said. No final vote to adopt the ordinance was recorded at the Sept. 11 meeting.

Why it matters: the borough official presenting the proposal said the mapping must be completed by Jan. 1 as required by the state; completing the mapping triggers a partial reimbursement. The mapping will identify the borough's stormwater infrastructure and is meant to help the borough meet the state deadline and compliance expectations.

During the presentation council members asked procedural questions and the council solicited the required motion to introduce the ordinance. A motion to introduce the ordinance was made and seconded; the sponsor and seconder were recorded in the meeting as a councilman and Councilman McAllen, and the item was scheduled for the Oct. 8 second reading and public hearing.

No budget allocation beyond the emergency appropriation was finalized at the meeting; the ordinance remains at first-reading stage pending the Oct. 8 public hearing and second reading. The borough will provide further details on scope, vendor selection or timeline in subsequent materials ahead of that hearing.

The council's packet for the Sept. 11 meeting lists the ordinance as an action required to meet a state deadline; additional documentation and public-notice materials will be filed with the municipal clerk prior to the Oct. 8 hearing.

The meeting presenter identified the state requirement but did not cite a specific statute or regulation at the Sept. 11 meeting.