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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city council is being asked to amend an existing contract with Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services, a consulting firm, to extend the contract through February 26, 2026, and add $120,695 in new work — bringing the total contract value to $1,005,195 — for improvements to a digital dashboard used by the Houston Permitting Center to track permit review projects.

What it means for you

This affects staff and businesses that interact with the Houston Permitting Center, as the work is focused on improving internal reporting tools used to manage and prioritize permit reviews, with the goal of eventually connecting those tools to a new permitting system called HouPermits.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0951, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

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Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

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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?$1,005,195coversheet ↗
Who's paid?ALVAREZ & MARSAL PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES, LLCcoversheet ↗
Which fund?Building Inspection Fundcoversheet ↗
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 12, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $1,005,081 paid to Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Serv across 7 payment lines, FY2025–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-35738 — data from official records via PlainDocket.