PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city council is asked to approve an emergency contract with Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc., worth up to $9,000,000, to grind and regroove the surface of Runway 8R/26L at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to restore required friction levels. An emergency purchase order was already issued in March 2025, and this vote formally authorizes the spending from the Airports Improvement Fund.

What it means for you

A runway at IAH was found to have pavement friction below federal maintenance standards, meaning it could become inoperable without repairs within a set timeframe; this contract funds the work intended to keep that runway in service for travelers using the airport.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2025-0793, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

Airports — see all →George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston

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.
Watch: Live on HTV ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$9,000,000coversheet ↗

Who's paid?Emery Sapp & Sons, Inccoversheet ↗

Which fund?Airports Improvement Fundcoversheet ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Airport System brought it forward. Taken up at the November 12, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $5,613,596 paid to Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. across 8 payment lines, 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-35608 — data from official records via PlainDocket.