PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The city council is being asked to formally accept the completed work by Harper Brothers Construction, LLC on a project that repaired and replaced large water pipes ranging from 24 to 84 inches in diameter at nine sites across Houston, and to approve the final contract payment of $7,880,343.66.

What it means for you

This vote closes out a water infrastructure project affecting residents in five council districts; the work was intended to maintain reliable water transmission and comply with a state groundwater regulation requirement.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Mayor Whitmire, Council Members Thomas, Ramirez and Plummer absent. Motion 2025-0786, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Multiple sites in Districts F, H, I, J, and K (near Minute Maid Park, Bellaire/Hillcroft, I-10/Hunting Bayou, W. Bellfort, Kelley Street, and Sims Bayou areas)

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.

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?$7,880,344coversheet ↗

Who's paid?HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLCcoversheet ↗

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 November 5, 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 $418,847,684 paid to HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC across 3,591 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-35646 — data from official records via PlainDocket.