PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-01-27

The City Council approved a nearly $9.3 million contract with GRAVA, LLC to resurface and rehabilitate asphalt streets as part of the FY2025 Asphalt Overlay Rehabilitation Package #2. Funding comes from the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund, which is supported by property taxes.

What it means for you

Houston residents can expect road resurfacing and repair work on streets covered under this package, funded by the property-tax-backed drainage and street renewal fund. Specific streets or neighborhoods were not identified in the minutes.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Ordinance 2026-0075, official minutes of January 27, 2026.

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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.

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?$9,300,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?GRAVA, LLCminutes ↗

Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Taxminutes ↗

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 27, 2026 meeting — Adopted.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-cs20260127-33 — data from official records via PlainDocket.