PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-28

The city approved a 5-year contract worth up to $3,950,000 with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company to provide basic and voluntary life insurance coverage and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for city employees, administered through the Human Resources Department.

What it means for you

This contract covers life insurance benefits and mental health/counseling support services (EAP) for Houston city employees; it does not directly change services for the general public.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0906, 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.

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?$3,950,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYminutes ↗

Which fund?Health Benefits Fundminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Human Resources Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 28, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $5,724,493 paid to ReliaStar Life Insurance Company across 9 payment lines, FY2026–FY2027.

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-cs20251028-36 — data from official records via PlainDocket.