PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-12-09

The City Council approved spending up to $998,749.55 to buy replacement radios, batteries, and radio tower power system upgrades for the Houston Fire Department through a state purchasing program, with Motorola Solutions as the vendor.

What it means for you

Houston Fire Department personnel will receive updated communication equipment, which is intended to keep their radios and tower systems operational. The contract runs one year.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0842, official minutes of December 9, 2025.

Public safety — see all →Citywide

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?$998,750minutes ↗

Who's paid?Motorola Solutions, Inc.minutes ↗

Which fund?Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Other Fundsminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Information Technology Services brought it forward. Taken up at the December 9, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $105,945,287 paid to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC across 1,060 payment lines, FY2018–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-cs20251209-14 — data from official records via PlainDocket.