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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-28

The Council approved adding $630,002.60 to an existing contract with Texan Waste Equipment (doing business as Heil of Texas) for replacement parts and repair services for Heil-brand waste trucks used by the city's Fleet Management Department.

What it means for you

This increases spending to keep the city's garbage and waste collection trucks maintained and operational, which affects residents citywide who depend on trash pickup services.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Members Jackson and Flickinger absent. Motion 2025-0763, 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?$630,003minutes ↗
Who's paid?TEXAN WASTE EQUIPMENT dba HEIL OF TEXASminutes ↗
Which fund?Fleet Management Fundminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Fleet Management Department 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 $338,768 paid to TEXAN WASTE EQUIPMENT INC across 259 payment lines, FY2024–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-cs20251028-9 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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