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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The City Council is voting to update the official name of a set of bonds — from 'Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2025' to 'Combined Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2025' — as required by the Texas Water Development Board before the city can finalize a $350 million low-interest loan for utility capital projects. This is a technical amendment to an ordinance already approved on October 15, 2025.

What it means for you

This name-change correction is a procedural step required to unlock $350 million in below-market-rate financing for city utility infrastructure projects; Houston residents who use the city's water and sewer system are the group most directly connected to these capital investments.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0963, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

Utilities — 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.

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?$350,000,000coversheet ↗
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 — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a beneficiary or who repays it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35956 — data from official records via PlainDocket.