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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is voting to appropriate $8,050,000 and award a construction contract to J Rivas Construction LLC to repair and rehabilitate stormwater drainage systems and streets at various locations across Houston over a 730-day period.

What it means for you

This contract funds on-call crews who will fix localized drainage problems and resurface streets throughout the city; residents in affected neighborhoods may see reduced street flooding and improved road conditions, though specific locations are determined work order by work order.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Member Plummer absent. Ordinance 2025-0979, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Citywide

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.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

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 ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$8,050,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?J RIVAS CONSTRUCTION, LLCcoversheet ↗
Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Chargecoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $34,854,707 paid to J RIVAS CONSTRUCTION LLC across 419 payment lines, FY2022–FY2026.

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-34866 — data from official records via PlainDocket.