PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The Council is considering awarding a $167,705.22 contract to Valmark Energy LLC to remove and install one new pneumatic injector system — equipment that controls the precise addition of chemicals and disinfectants into water distribution systems — for Houston Public Works. Valmark submitted the lowest qualifying bid out of twelve received.

What it means for you

This item affects Houston residents who receive city drinking water, as the equipment being replaced is part of the system used to treat and disinfect the public water supply.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0734, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Utilities — 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.

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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?$167,705coversheet ↗

Who benefits?VALMARK ENERGY LLCcoversheet ↗

Who pays?Enterprise Fundcoversheet ↗

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.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $56,369 paid to Valmark Energy LLC across 52 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-34986 — data from official records via PlainDocket.