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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-04-07

The City Council approved up to $1,267,769.90 to hire Ernst & Young LLP to perform IT assessment and transition services for the Houston Information Technology Services Department through a cooperative purchasing agreement with Omnia Partners.

What it means for you

This contract brings in an outside consulting firm to evaluate and assist with IT operations for the city's technology department, which supports internal city services used by Houston residents and employees.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Council Member Martinez absent. Motion 2026-0184, official minutes of April 7, 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.

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?$1,267,770minutes ↗
Who's paid?Ernst & Young LLPminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Information Technology Services Department brought it forward. Taken up at the April 7, 2026 meeting — Adopted.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 $5,684,836 paid to ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP across 17 payment lines, FY2025–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-cs20260407-3 — data from official records via PlainDocket.