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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is being asked to approve a $97,912.44 purchase of rotary actuators — mechanical devices that control large water and wastewater valves — from Harold Beck and Sons, Inc., through a regional cooperative purchasing program. Council approval is required because this purchase, combined with earlier purchases from the same vendor this fiscal year, will push total spending past $100,000.

What it means for you

This purchase is for equipment used at the Southeast Water Purification Plant; it affects Houston residents who rely on that facility's water treatment operations.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2025-0733, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Southeast Water Purification Plant

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?$100,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?HAROLD BECK and SONS, INCcoversheet ↗
Which fund?Enterprise and Other Fundscoversheet ↗
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 ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35466 — data from official records via PlainDocket.