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ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

This item, which was pulled and will not be voted on at the November 19, 2025 meeting, would have approved up to $5,000,000 for a company called Clifford Power Systems, Inc. to maintain, repair, and test emergency backup generators used by various city departments, using a statewide cooperative purchasing agreement called BuyBoard.

What it means for you

This contract affects city employees and departments that rely on backup generators to keep facilities running during power outages or natural disasters; residents who depend on those city services would also be indirectly affected.

Outcome

On the 11/18/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

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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.

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?$5,000,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?CLIFFORD POWER SYSTEMS, 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. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $3,140,790 paid to CLIFFORD POWER SYSTEMS INC across 5,427 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-35538 — data from official records via PlainDocket.