PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-28

The City Council accepted the completed work and authorized any final payment owed to Lopez Utilities Contractor, LLC for a wastewater collection system rehabilitation and renewal project spanning eight council districts.

What it means for you

Sewer infrastructure in eight Houston districts has been repaired or upgraded under this contract, and the contractor is now eligible to receive any remaining payment owed for that work.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Members Jackson and Flickinger absent. Motion 2025-0767, official minutes of October 28, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Districts C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K

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.

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.
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Quick answersfrom the official record

Who's paid?LOPEZ UTILITIES CONTRACTOR, LLCminutes ↗

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, all voting aye.minutes ↗

The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or which fund pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $48,393,954 paid to LOPEZ UTILITIES CONTRACTOR LLC across 1,282 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-cs20251028-6 — data from official records via PlainDocket.