PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-05-12

The City Council approved a contract with Mister Sweeper LP to provide street sweeping services in Downtown Houston for up to five years (a 3-year base term plus two optional 1-year extensions), with a maximum total cost of $999,528.80 paid from the Stormwater Fund.

What it means for you

Downtown streets will be regularly swept under this contract, which helps keep debris out of storm drains and reduces flooding and pollution risks for residents and businesses in that area.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Member Kamin absent. Ordinance 2026-0403, official minutes of May 12, 2026.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Downtown Houston

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.

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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$999,529minutes ↗

Who's paid?MISTER SWEEPER LPminutes ↗

Which fund?Stormwater 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 May 12, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $981,753 paid to MISTER SWEEPER LP across 69 payment lines, FY2021–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-cs20260512-21 — data from official records via PlainDocket.