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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is being asked to update the pricing section of an existing contract with Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC — a vendor that provides replacement parts and repair services for Pierce/Oshkosh fire trucks — to correct how much the contractor can mark up the cost of parts.

What it means for you

This amendment affects the Fleet Management Department's contract for keeping Houston fire trucks operational; residents who rely on fire and emergency services may be indirectly affected, though no specific service changes are described in the item.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0880, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Public safety — see all →Citywide

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
Who's paid?SIDDONS MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP, 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, all voting aye.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 $6,289,722 paid to SIDDONS MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP LLC across 3,206 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-35579 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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