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VOTE COMING UPHouston City Council · 2026-10-13

The City Council is asked to approve issuing and selling Airport System Special Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2026B) for United Airlines terminal improvement projects at Houston's airport, and to authorize related legal agreements including a supplemental indenture, a lease amendment, and a preliminary and final official statement for the bond offering.

What it means for you

If approved, the city would issue special revenue bonds to finance terminal improvements for United Airlines; these bonds would be backed by airport system revenues rather than general city taxes, and the associated lease and trust agreements would govern the arrangement.

Outcome

Scheduled for the October 13, 2026 council meeting (ORDINANCES (CATEGORY) – NUMBERS 7 through 48). No vote has happened yet.

Airports — see all →Houston Airport System

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.

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?United Airlines, Inc.agenda ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the October 13, 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 $268,152,503 paid to UNITED AIRLINES INC across 94 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-pg20261013-7 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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