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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The City Council is being asked to approve a purchase totaling about $7.6 million for light-duty vehicles — including hybrid trucks, SUVs, and a cargo van — from three dealerships (Chastang Ford, Silsbee Ford, and Silsbee Toyota) for Houston Public Works. The vehicles will be bought through two cooperative government purchasing programs and will serve as additions to or replacements for older vehicles used by several Houston Public Works divisions.

What it means for you

These vehicles would be used by Houston Public Works employees to travel to job sites and carry out field operations such as water maintenance, meter inspections, environmental sampling, and permit work. Residents are not directly named as beneficiaries in the text, but the vehicles support city departments that provide water, drainage, and permitting services across Houston.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Member Ramirez absent. Motion 2025-0813, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 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
How much?$7,600,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?Chastang Enterprises LLC dba Chastang Ford, Silsbee Ford, and Silsbee Toyotacoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Public Works brought it forward. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name which fund pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35917 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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