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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-04-21

The City Council approved a $5.5 million contract with DL Glover Utilities, LLC to perform drainage rehabilitation construction work under the FY2025 SWAT Work Orders #4 program, funded by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund.

What it means for you

This contract pays for repairs and upgrades to Houston's drainage infrastructure, which can help reduce flooding risks for residents in areas where the work is performed.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Members Evans-Shabazz and Carter absent. Ordinance 2026-0349, official minutes of April 21, 2026.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Citywide

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?$5,500,000minutes ↗
Who's paid?DL GLOVER UTILITIES, LLCminutes ↗
Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge 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 April 21, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $85,601,438 paid to DL GLOVER UTILITIES LLC across 1,198 payment lines, FY2023–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-cs20260421-31 — data from official records via PlainDocket.