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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The City Council is considering a contract with United Information Services, Inc. to handle mail processing services — including printing and mailing official notices, court documents, invoices, and parking citations — for the Municipal Courts Department and the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department, at a maximum cost of about $3.1 million over up to five years.

What it means for you

This contract affects Houston residents who receive official city mail such as court notices, parking tickets, and delinquent notices, as it determines which company handles the preparation and mailing of those documents.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0878, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

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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?$3,100,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?UNITED INFORMATION SERVICES, INCcoversheet ↗
Which fund?General 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 October 21, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $347,599 paid to United Information Services Inc. across 79 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-35618 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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