PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is being asked to approve spending $1,294,757 to buy 30 emergency response vehicles — including Ford F-150s, F-250s, and Ford Explorers — from Chastang Ford for the Houston Police Department, using cooperative purchasing agreements that allow the city to skip a separate competitive bidding process.

What it means for you

These vehicles are intended to replace existing emergency response units used by Houston police, which could affect HPD's ability to respond to emergencies across the city.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Member Ramirez absent. Motion 2025-0808, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 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.

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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?$1,294,757coversheet ↗

Who's paid?Chastang Enterprises-Houston, LLC dba Chastang Fordcoversheet ↗

Which fund?Police Consolidated Construction Fundcoversheet ↗

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 November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $61,260,699 paid to CHASTANG ENTERPRISES - HOUSTON LLC across 4,437 payment lines, FY2022–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-35679 — data from official records via PlainDocket.