PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is considering extending its existing contract with Southern Tire Mart, LLC to continue tire retreading services — a process that restores worn tread on heavy-duty tires — for the city's Fleet Management Department through March 2, 2027.

What it means for you

This contract supports the maintenance of the city's heavy-duty vehicle fleet, which includes vehicles used for city services; residents who depend on those services may be indirectly affected if the fleet cannot be maintained.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Ordinance 2025-0883, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 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

Who's paid?SOUTHERN TIRE MART, LLCcoversheet ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Fleet Management Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or which fund pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $15,142,778 paid to SOUTHERN TIRE MART LLC across 18,280 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-35409 — data from official records via PlainDocket.