PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city council is being asked to approve a one-year contract, worth up to $200,222, with Sherrariums Company to design, install, maintain, and remove holiday seasonal decorations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) during the 2025–2026 holiday season.

What it means for you

Travelers passing through Houston's two major airports during the 2025 holiday season would see professionally installed seasonal decorations in terminals, baggage claim areas, concourses, and other public spaces; the cost is paid from airport enterprise funds, not the general city budget.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0958, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

Airports — see all →IAH & HOU Airports

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.

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

How much?$200,222coversheet ↗

Who's paid?SHERRARIUMS COMPANYcoversheet ↗

Which fund?Enterprise Fundcoversheet ↗

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 12, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $198,707 paid to SHERRARIUMS CO. across 2 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-35863 — data from official records via PlainDocket.