PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-06-16

The city is approving a $14.86 million contract with Industrial TX Corp to perform mechanical and electrical improvement work at the East Water Purification Plant (Plants 1 and 2).

What it means for you

This project upgrades equipment at a major water treatment facility that serves Houston residents; the work is funded through the Water & Sewer System construction fund, not general tax revenue.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2026-0542, official minutes of June 16-17, 2026.

Utilities — see all →East Water Purification Plant

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.

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?$14,860,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?INDUSTRIAL TX CORPminutes ↗

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 16, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $374,350,813 paid to INDUSTRIAL TX CORP across 4,152 payment lines, FY2018–FY2027.

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-cs20260616-30 — data from official records via PlainDocket.