PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The council is being asked to officially accept the completed construction work done by LEM Construction Company at the Sims North Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorize any final payment owed, with the final contract cost coming in at $6,655,689.93 — about 2.92% above the original contract amount.

What it means for you

This closes out an improvement project at a wastewater treatment plant that serves the area around 9500 Lawndale Street; residents in that part of Houston may see more reliable sewage processing as a result of the plant upgrades, though specific service outcomes are not described in the official text.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2025-0727, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Sims North Wastewater Treatment Plant, 9500 Lawndale St. (District I)

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.
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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$6,655,690coversheet ↗

Who's paid?LEM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCcoversheet ↗

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 $182,983,719 paid to LEM CONSTRUCTION CO INC across 1,884 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-35519 — data from official records via PlainDocket.