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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-04-28

The City Council approved spending up to $7 million on disaster cleanup, repair, and related services through a cooperative purchasing contract with Cotton Commercial USA, Inc., running through November 2026 with up to three one-year renewals.

What it means for you

When disasters strike Houston, this contract allows multiple city departments to quickly hire Cotton Commercial USA for remediation and restoration work without going through a separate bidding process each time.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2026-0235, official minutes of April 28, 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?$7,000,000minutes ↗
Who's paid?Cotton Commercial USA, Incminutes ↗
Which fund?General and Other Fundsminutes ↗
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 28, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $5,056,633 paid to COTTON COMMERCIAL USA INC across 28 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-cs20260428-7 — data from official records via PlainDocket.