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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The City Council is being asked to vote on an ordinance to appoint or reappoint eight full-time Municipal Court judges to four-year terms, with the Mayor having nominated each individual.

What it means for you

Municipal Court judges handle cases involving city ordinance violations and other local matters, so this vote determines who will preside over those cases for Houston residents who appear in that court.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0910, official minutes of Nov 5, 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.

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 ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
Who?Anita Broderick James (Position One), Imelda Castillo (Position Four), G. Harlan Coleman (Position Six), David O. Fraga (Position Seven), Polly Elizabeth Gilligan (Position Eight), Megan McLellan (Position Nine), Adam Silverman (Position Seventeen), Cheryl Lee-Collins (Position Nineteen)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 5, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or what they're being appointed to — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35834 — data from official records via PlainDocket.