PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-01-06

The City Council approved a $5.75 million contract with GRAVA, LLC to perform street and drainage repair and renewal work under a work order contract. Funding comes from the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund.

What it means for you

This contract pays for ongoing street and drainage improvement projects across Houston; residents in areas selected for work orders under this contract may see street repairs or drainage upgrades.

Outcome

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

Drainage & flooding — 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 ↗

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?$5,750,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?GRAVA, LLCminutes ↗

Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Chargeminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. 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 $178,749,709 paid to GRAVA LLC across 3,505 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-cs20260106-31 — data from official records via PlainDocket.