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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-02-24

The city is setting aside $12 million from the Airports Improvement Fund and entering contracts with six engineering firms to provide on-call professional design services for airport projects that qualify for federal reimbursement.

What it means for you

These firms will be available to design federally eligible airport improvement projects as needed; costs may be partially offset by federal reimbursement, which can reduce the burden on local airport funds.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2026-0147, official minutes of February 24, 2026.

Airports — see all →Houston Airports (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.

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?$12,000,000minutes ↗
Who benefits?ATKINSREALIS USA, INC, EXP U.S. SERVICES, INC, HDR ENGINEERING, INC, JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC, MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, INC, and RS&H, INCminutes ↗
Who pays?Airports Improvement Fundminutes ↗
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 24, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260224-21 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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