PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-06-02

The city approved an additional $593,444 from the Water & Sewer Construction Fund and amended its contract with Kalluri Group, Inc. to continue engineering services for improvements at the Sims Bayou South Wastewater Treatment Plant (Package 3).

What it means for you

This engineering work supports upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant serving District I residents, which can affect the reliability and quality of sewage treatment in that area.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2026-0475, official minutes of June 2, 2026.

Utilities — see all →Sims Bayou South Wastewater Treatment Plant, District 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.

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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.
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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$593,444minutes ↗

Who's paid?KALLURI GROUP, INCminutes ↗

Which fund?Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction 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 June 2, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $9,502,213 paid to KALLURI GROUP INC across 98 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. The city keeps 2 separate records for this company; the figure adds them together.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260602-40 — data from official records via PlainDocket.