PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is asked to approve up to $500,000 for renting specialized trucks that use high-pressure water jets and vacuums to clean sewer lines, stormwater drains, and wastewater facilities, with the work going to CB3 Consultants LLC through a cooperative government purchasing program.

What it means for you

This contract covers on-call maintenance and emergency cleanup of Houston's sewer and stormwater systems, which affects residents and businesses who depend on those systems not backing up or overflowing.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Member Ramirez absent. Motion 2025-0812, 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.

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?$500,000coversheet ↗

Who's paid?CB3 CONSULTANTS LLCcoversheet ↗

Which fund?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 November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $149,412 paid to CB3 consultants across 15 payment lines, FY2026–FY2027.

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-35457 — data from official records via PlainDocket.