ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is being asked to approve an additional $11,887,254.35 — drawn from two airport funding accounts — to continue paying Parsons Transportation Group for staff and professional services that support Houston Airport System's infrastructure and capital projects through August 2026.

What it means for you

This item affects people who use Houston's airports, as it funds the team that manages planning, engineering, construction, and project oversight for airport capital projects (excluding the IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program); it does not directly affect residents' day-to-day lives outside of airport operations.

Outcome

On the 11/18/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

Airports — see all →Houston Airport System facilities in Districts B, E, and I

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?$11,887,254coversheet ↗

Who's paid?Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.coversheet ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.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 $14,152 paid to PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC across 4 payment lines, FY2025.

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-35794 — data from official records via PlainDocket.