PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The city council is considering awarding a construction contract to MC2 Civil, LLC to build roughly two miles of large-diameter water pipe connecting a Clear Lake area water plant to a booster pump station in League City, at a total project cost of about $23.1 million. The ordinance also moves and allocates the necessary funds across city construction accounts to cover the contract, contingencies, testing, and management.

What it means for you

This project is intended to expand water transmission capacity and improve reliability in the southeast Houston area (District E); residents and businesses in that area depend on this infrastructure to maintain adequate water supply and pressure.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Mayor Whitmire, Council Members Thomas, Ramirez and Plummer absent. Ordinance 2025-0933, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Southeast Houston — Bay Area Blvd / NASA Bypass / SH-3 corridor, District E

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?$23,100,000coversheet ↗

Who's paid?MC2 CIVIL, LLCcoversheet ↗

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 5, 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 $98,528,325 paid to MC2 Civil LLC across 831 payment lines, FY2025–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-34909 — data from official records via PlainDocket.