PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-08-11

The city is closing out its contract with Lopez Utilities Contractor, LLC for rehabilitating and renewing parts of Houston's wastewater collection system in five council districts. Council is being asked to formally accept the completed work and approve any remaining final payment.

What it means for you

Residents in Districts B, D, E, H, and I had sewer infrastructure repaired or upgraded under this contract; this vote officially wraps up that work.

Outcome

Adopted — action noted on the official agenda, which assigns Motion 2026-0453 but records no vote count. Official agenda of August 11, 2026, with notes of action taken.

Utilities — see all →Districts B, D, E, H, and I

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.

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

Who's paid?LOPEZ UTILITIES CONTRACTOR, LLCminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Public Works brought it forward. Taken up at the August 11, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or which fund pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $48,393,954 paid to LOPEZ UTILITIES CONTRACTOR LLC across 1,282 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-cs20260811-13 — data from official records via PlainDocket.