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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city council is being asked to approve an ordinance that would pause — for 90 days — a proposed water and sewer rate increase by Southern Water Corporation, a private utility serving about 1,290 Houston customers in the Hidden Valley Subdivision. The pause would keep current rates in place while the city hires an outside expert to review whether the requested rate increase is reasonable.

What it means for you

Residents in the Hidden Valley Subdivision who receive water and sewer service from Southern Water Corporation would continue paying their current rates through at least March 1, 2026, instead of seeing new, higher charges take effect December 1, 2025.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Ordinance 2025-0948, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Hidden Valley Subdivision (District B)

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 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.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount, a beneficiary, or who pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35889 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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