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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The city would sign a contract worth up to $1,433,541 with Tyler Technologies, Inc. to run the software system that manages jury duty for Houston's Municipal Courts, covering juror summoning, mailings, phone and online check-in, text reminders, and paying jurors via debit card instead of mailed checks — with an initial three-year term and the option to extend for two additional one-year periods. To start the contract, $113,000 would be moved from the city's Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund.

What it means for you

This contract affects Houston residents who receive jury summonses from the city's Municipal Courts Department, covering how they are notified, how they can request exemptions or reschedule, and how they are paid if they serve.

Outcome

Adopted — voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0950, 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?$1,433,541coversheet ↗
Who's paid?Tyler Technologies, Inccoversheet ↗
Which fund?Equipment Acquisition Consolidated 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.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $1,372,670 paid to TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC across 150 payment lines, FY2018–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-35910 — data from official records via PlainDocket.