PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is asked to officially accept the completed construction work and authorize any final payment on a contract with BRH-Garver Construction, L.P. to replace and upgrade wastewater sewer lines and force mains near the Sleepy Hollow Lift Station (3403½ Chevy Chase) and Telephone Road No. 1 Lift Station (3545 Telephone Road), with a final contract cost of $12,424,293.71 — about 2% less than the original $12,690,060 contract amount.

What it means for you

Residents near the Sleepy Hollow and Telephone Road areas of Houston (in Council Districts C, G, and I) had aging wastewater infrastructure replaced or upgraded, which relates to the handling of sewage in those neighborhoods.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2025-0727, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Sleepy Hollow (3403½ Chevy Chase) & Telephone Road (3545 Telephone Rd)

Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

The cover sheet is the item's official summary page; supporting attachments (contracts, maps, fiscal notes) are listed at the bottom of it. The minutes show what happened at the meeting.

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How to weigh in

Where: City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When: Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak: Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch: Live on HTV ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$12,690,060coversheet ↗

Who's paid?BRH-GARVER CONSTRUCTION, L.P.coversheet ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Public Works brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

The official caption doesn't name which fund pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $107,656,485 paid to BRH-GARVER CONSTRUCTION L P across 1,143 payment lines, FY2018–FY2024.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-34510 — data from official records via PlainDocket.