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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-02-18

The city approved a contract amendment with Carollo Engineers, Inc. to serve as project advisor and technical consultant for the expansion of the East Water Purification Plant, and appropriated roughly $19.9 million in additional funding for that work.

What it means for you

This expands a professional engineering services contract to support the planned growth of the East Water Purification Plant, which helps supply drinking water to Houston residents, particularly those in District E.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Member Kamin absent. Ordinance 2026-0139, official minutes of February 18, 2026.

Utilities — see all →East Water Purification Plant, District E

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.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

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 ↗

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?$19,900,000minutes ↗
Who's paid?CAROLLO ENGINEERS, INCminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the February 18, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name which fund pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $103,950,147 paid to CAROLLO ENGINEERS INC across 454 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-cs20260218-30 — data from official records via PlainDocket.