PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-07-14

The City Council approved a $3.15 million engineering services contract with Trilogy Engineering Services, LLC to provide professional and technical support for wastewater projects required under a federal consent decree.

What it means for you

This funding supports required improvements to Houston's wastewater system under a federal legal agreement; Houston water and sewer ratepayers fund these projects through the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Mayor Whitmire absent. Ordinance 2026-0622, official minutes of July 14, 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.

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?$3,150,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?TRILOGY ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLCminutes ↗

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 July 14, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $2,258,807 paid to TRILOGY ENGINEERING SERVICES LLC across 37 payment lines, FY2020–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-cs20260714-32 — data from official records via PlainDocket.