PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-12-09

The City Council approved a contract with Magna-Flow International, Inc. (doing business as Magna-Flow Environmental) to provide pump-out services for waste and stormwater interceptor systems. The contract runs up to 3 years with three optional one-year extensions, for a maximum total of $6.6 million paid from the General Fund.

What it means for you

This contract covers the cleaning and emptying of underground interceptor systems that collect waste and stormwater, which helps keep Houston's drainage and sewer infrastructure functioning. Residents citywide may benefit from reduced backups and improved stormwater management as a result of this ongoing maintenance work.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-1030, official minutes of December 9, 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.

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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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$6,600,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?MAGNA-FLOW INTERNATIONAL, INC dba MAGNA-FLOW ENVIRONMENTALminutes ↗

Which fund?General Fundminutes ↗

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

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $2,562,629 paid to MAGNA FLOW INTERNATIONAL INC across 303 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-cs20251209-35 — data from official records via PlainDocket.