PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-12-16

The City Council approved a contract with DL Glover Utilities, LLC to perform ditch maintenance work on an as-needed basis for fiscal year 2026, with a maximum value of $1,000,000 paid from the Enterprise Fund.

What it means for you

This contract funds routine ditch cleaning and upkeep across Houston, which helps manage stormwater drainage and reduce localized flooding for residents citywide.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Member Kamin absent. Ordinance 2025-1063, official minutes of December 16, 2025.

Drainage & flooding — 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?$1,000,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?DL Glover Utilities, LLCminutes ↗

Which fund?Enterprise 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 16, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $94,755,514 paid to DL GLOVER UTILITIES LLC across 1,630 payment lines, FY2023–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-cs20251216-51 — data from official records via PlainDocket.