PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-01-06

The Council approved adding $249,732.76 to an existing contract with Pate Garver, LP to cover additional costs for repairing a wastewater force main support system managed by Houston Public Works.

What it means for you

This increases the amount the city can spend on fixing a wastewater pipeline support structure, which helps keep sewage flowing properly and prevents potential failures in the system.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2026-0012, official minutes of January 6, 2026.

Utilities — see all →Houston (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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$249,733minutes ↗

Who's paid?PATE GARVER, LPminutes ↗

Which fund?Enterprise Fundminutes ↗

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 January 6, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $31,949,654 paid to PATE GARVER LP across 76 payment lines, FY2025–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-cs20260106-14 — data from official records via PlainDocket.