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VOTE COMING UPHouston City Council · 2026-08-25

The City Council is asked to accept the completed work and authorize any remaining final payment on a contract with Markel Insurance Company for the Chelford City Diversion Package 2 drainage project in District F.

What it means for you

If approved, the contract with Markel Insurance Company would be formally closed out and any final payment owed would be released.

Outcome

Scheduled for the August 25, 2026 council meeting (ACCEPT WORK (CATEGORY) – NUMBERS 2 and 3). No vote has happened yet.

Contracts & spending — see all →Chelford City area, District F

Official sources

Official meeting agenda — the full item list as posted ↗

This item is on the posted agenda for an upcoming meeting — no vote has happened yet. The agenda page lists every item and its attachments.

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
Live on HTV ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

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Quick answersfrom the official record
Who's paid?Markel Insurance Companyagenda ↗
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 25, 2026 meeting — vote scheduled.agenda ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or which fund pays for it — full details in the official agenda ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $25,604,293 paid to Markel Insurance Company across 166 payment lines, FY2025–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-pg20260825-2 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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