PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city council is being asked to approve spending $9 million from the Airports Improvement Fund to pay for emergency grinding and grooving repairs on Runway 8R/26L at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, along with related contingency costs and materials testing.

What it means for you

This item affects travelers and workers who use George Bush Intercontinental Airport, as it involves emergency repairs to restore a runway to Federal Aviation Administration safety standards.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0947, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

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

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-35727 — data from official records via PlainDocket.