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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is being asked to formally accept the completed work by Texkota Enterprises, LLC, which replaced and repaired small water line valves, fire hydrants, and some small water lines across Houston that were found to be defective. The final cost of $4,791,688.02 is about $206,853 (4.51%) above the original contract amount of $4,584,834.22, which falls within the pre-approved 5% contingency.

What it means for you

This item closes out a contract for repairs to parts of Houston's drinking water distribution system; residents living near the repaired lines and hydrants were the ones directly affected by this work.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2025-0727, 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.

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?$4,791,688coversheet ↗
Who's paid?TEXKOTA ENTERPRISES, LLCcoversheet ↗
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 $39,108,521 paid to TEXKOTA ENTERPRISES LLC across 399 payment lines, FY2023–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-35151 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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