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ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city would approve a five-year contract with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, worth up to $3,950,000, to provide and manage basic and voluntary life insurance coverage for eligible city employees, their dependents, and retirees, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services.

What it means for you

This contract directly affects current city employees and retirees who rely on city-provided life insurance benefits; it does not describe a direct impact on the general Houston public.

Outcome

On the 10/21/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

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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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$3,950,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYcoversheet ↗
Which fund?Health Benefits Fundcoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Human Resources Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $3,825,756 paid to ReliaStar Life Insurance Company across 6 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-35735 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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