ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The council is voting to schedule a public hearing — at least seven days after November 19, 2025 — to accept nominations for two regular seats and two alternate seats on the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Board of Directors, a regional planning body that includes Harris County and surrounding counties. The current seat holders are Council Members Sallie Alcorn, Amy Peck, Edward Pollard, and Mary Nan Huffman, and the new one-year terms would run through December 31, 2026.

What it means for you

This item affects Houston residents who are represented on a regional board that coordinates planning across the greater Houston-Galveston area; the hearing sets the process for choosing which council members will fill those seats.

Outcome

On the 11/18/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

Taxes & budget — see all →Citywide

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

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 18, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.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-35927 — data from official records via PlainDocket.