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ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2026-07-07

Council Member Pollard tagged an ordinance that would appropriate $93,771,329.00 from the East Water Purification Enhancement Project Fund and authorize a professional engineering services contract with CDM Smith, Inc. for East Water Purification Plant Enhancement Project 1, including funding for CIP cost recovery.

What it means for you

A tag delays the vote under council rules, so no money has been appropriated and no contract authorized. If the council approves it later, the contract would pay for engineering work on the East Water Purification Plant, part of the system that treats Houston's drinking water.

Outcome

Tagged (delayed under council rules) at the July 7, 2026 meeting; final vote at a later session.

Utilities — see all →East Water Purification Plant

Official sources

Official agenda with notes of action taken — the record posted for this meeting (PDF) ↗

This is the agenda the City Secretary posted with notes of action taken. It records the action and the ordinance or motion number assigned to each item; it does not record vote counts.

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
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Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$93,771,329minutes ↗
Who's paid?CDM SMITH, INCminutes ↗
Which fund?East Water Purification Enhancement Project 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 July 7, 2026 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $14,183,599 paid to CDM SMITH INC across 161 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-cs20260707-34 — data from official records via PlainDocket.