PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-01-06

The City Council approved allowing the Houston Airport System to spend up to $7.5 million over five years on multiple reimbursable agreements with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These agreements cover project-specific work where the FAA pays back the airport system for services or costs.

What it means for you

This authorizes Houston's airports to enter into cost-reimbursement deals with the FAA, meaning the airport system can be paid back by the federal government for qualifying project work. It primarily affects operations in the airport districts rather than residents citywide.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Motion 2026-0007, official minutes of January 6, 2026.

Airports — see all →Houston Airport System (Districts B, E, and I)

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.

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

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?$7,500,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?Federal Aviation Administrationminutes ↗

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 Airport System 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 $8,675,510 paid to FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION across 37 payment lines, FY2018–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-cs20260106-7 — data from official records via PlainDocket.