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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-28

The City Council approved a roughly $249,567 purchase of concrete saws from HD Supply Facilities Maintenance through a cooperative purchasing agreement, for use by Houston Public Works.

What it means for you

Houston Public Works will receive new concrete saws, likely used for cutting pavement during drainage and street repair work; the cost is paid from the Dedicated Drainage & Street Renewal Fund, not the general operating budget.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Members Jackson and Flickinger absent. Motion 2025-0764, official minutes of October 28, 2025.

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Official sources

Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

These are the official minutes — the narrative record of what happened at the meeting, including the vote on each item.

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?$249,567minutes ↗
Who's paid?HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltdminutes ↗
Which fund?Dedicated Drainage & Street Renewal Fund - Ad Valorem Taxminutes ↗
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 October 28, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $363,843 paid to HD SUPPLY FACILITIES MAINTENANCE across 44 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-cs20251028-10 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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