PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The council is being asked to approve a roughly $9.4 million contract with Grava, LLC to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct road pavement at various locations across Houston over the next 365 days, funded by a dedicated drainage and street renewal tax fund. Grava submitted the lowest of six bids at about $8.3 million.

What it means for you

This contract covers street repair work throughout Houston, so residents citywide may see road rehabilitation activity in their neighborhoods over the coming year.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0970, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

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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?$9,400,000coversheet ↗

Who's paid?GRAVA, LLCcoversheet ↗

Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Taxcoversheet ↗

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, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $167,629,887 paid to GRAVA LLC across 3,391 payment lines, FY2018–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-35063 — data from official records via PlainDocket.