The Fine Print: Houston
What they put in the agenda
Every agenda the site reads, from Commissioners Court and City Council to the port, the transit authority, the college districts and the school boards, is checked item by item. Anything that adds a rule, a fee, debt, surveillance or land control, or that happens behind closed doors, is logged here with the agenda's own words. Anything that cuts or repeals one is logged too, as a rollback.
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Closed session for economic development negotiations
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.087 for economic development negotiations.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.I: the agenda's words
Section 551.087: Economic development negotiations
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Closed session for exclusion of witness
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.084 for exclusion of witness.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.H: the agenda's words
Section 551.084: Exclusion of witness
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Closed session regarding student personally identifiable information
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.0821 regarding personally identifiable information about a student.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.G: the agenda's words
Section 551.0821: Personally identifiable information about a student
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Closed session for student discipline and employee complaints
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.082 for student discipline and complaints against an employee.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.F: the agenda's words
Section 551.082: Student Discipline; Complaint against an employee
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Closed session regarding security personnel or devices deployment
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.076 for considering deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of security personnel or devices.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.E: the agenda's words
Section 551.076: For the purpose of considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of, security personnel or devices
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Closed session regarding appointment, employment, or discipline of public officer or employee
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.074 for considering appointment, employment, resignation, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.D: the agenda's words
Section 551.074: For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, resignation, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee
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Closed session for deliberation regarding prospective gift
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.073 for deliberation regarding a prospective gift.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.C: the agenda's words
Section 551.073: Deliberation regarding prospective gift
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Closed session for deliberation regarding real property
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.072 for deliberation regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.B: the agenda's words
Section 551.072: Deliberation regarding real property
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Closed session regarding litigation Tillis v. Crosby ISD
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.071 regarding pending litigation Tillis v. Crosby Independent School District, 4:26-cv-03160 (S.D. Tex.).
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.A.3.a: the agenda's words
Tillis v. Crosby Independent School District, 4:26-cv-03160, (S.D. Tex.)
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Closed session for legal advice on personnel, student, and security issues
Closed session to receive legal advice regarding personnel issues, student issues, and/or security issues.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.A.2: the agenda's words
Consider legal advice regarding personnel issues, student issues, and/or security issues
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Closed session for private consultation with board attorney
Closed session under Texas Government Code §551.071 to consult privately with board's attorney on matters authorized by law.
Oct 19, 2026 agenda, item X.A: the agenda's words
Section 551.071: For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on all subjects or matter authorized by law
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Closed session regarding pending litigation Tillis v. Crosby ISD
The board will meet in closed session under Texas Government Code 551.071 to consult with its attorney regarding pending litigation in Tillis v. Crosby Independent School District, 4:26-cv-03160 (S.D. Tex.). The stated purpose is private legal consultation.
Sep 21, 2026 agenda, item IX.A.3.a: the agenda's words
Tillis v. Crosby Independent School District, 4:26-cv-03160, (S.D. Tex.)
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Closed session for economic development negotiations
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.087 for economic development negotiations.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.I: the agenda's words
Section 551.087: Economic development negotiations
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Closed session for witness exclusion
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.084 for exclusion of witness.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.H: the agenda's words
Section 551.084: Exclusion of witness
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Closed session for personally identifiable student information
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.0821 to discuss personally identifiable information about a student.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.G: the agenda's words
Section 551.0821: Personally identifiable information about a student
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Closed session for student discipline and employee complaints
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.082 to address student discipline and complaints against employees.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.F: the agenda's words
Section 551.082: Student Discipline; Complaint against an employee
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Closed session for security devices deliberation
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.076 to deliberate regarding security devices.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.E: the agenda's words
Section 551.076: Deliberation regarding security devices
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Closed session for board training and superintendent evaluation
Board will meet in closed session to consider board member and superintendent training, evaluating and improving student outcomes, and related discussions and actions.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.D.1: the agenda's words
Consider Board Member and Superintendent training, Evaluating and Improving Student Outcomes, related discussions, and/or related actions
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Closed session for personnel matters
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.074 to consider appointment, employment, resignation, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of public officers or employees.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.D: the agenda's words
Section 551.074: For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, resignation, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee
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Closed session for prospective gift deliberation
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.073 to deliberate regarding prospective gift.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.C: the agenda's words
Section 551.073: Deliberation regarding prospective gift
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Closed session for real property deliberation
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.072 to deliberate regarding real property.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.B: the agenda's words
Section 551.072: Deliberation regarding real property
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Closed session for legal advice on agenda items
Board will meet in closed session to receive legal advice regarding items on the agenda.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.A.1: the agenda's words
Consider legal advice regarding any item on the agenda
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Closed session for legal consultation with board attorney
Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.071 for private consultation with the board's attorney on subjects authorized by law.
Sep 17, 2026 agenda, item IV.A: the agenda's words
Section 551.071: For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on all subjects or matter authorized by law
Deed restrictions
Houston has no zoning; deed restrictions are what keep a business out of a neighborhood, and the city's Legal Department enforces them for neighborhoods. Complaints don't go through 311: they go to drcomplaints@houstontx.gov or the city's complaint form.
- Deed restriction cases reviewed and enforced by the city: 530 in 2024-25, an estimated 550 in 2025-26, and a target of 550 for 2026-27. Nuisance lawsuits handled: 15 in 2024-25, an estimated 10 in 2025-26. [City of Houston FY2027 budget, Legal Department]
- The city's list of reported deed restriction violations has not been updated since Oct. 20, 2015. [data.houstontx.gov]
Code enforcement
- 40% of the City of Houston's Neighborhoods code citations and 36% of Public Works citations were dismissed; the top reasons were "Nolle Prosequi" (the city dropped it), "Officer Not Present" and "Insufficient Evidence." Inspectors made 95,688 residential inspections from Jan. 1, 2024. [KPRC, Nov. 21, 2025]
- Code enforcement inspectors from Neighborhoods and Public Works have been merged into one Community Code Enforcement division in Houston Public Works. Targets for 2026-27: 13,500 weeded-lot cuts, 87% voluntary compliance, 325 demolitions. [City of Houston FY2027 budget, Neighborhoods]
- The Municipal Courts do not publish code citations and how each ended (fined, dismissed, deferred), and the city's code violation dataset was last updated in 2023.
Code and nuisance complaints to Houston 311, by type, and the average days each took to close, from the city's 311 extract.
| Case type | Cases | Closed | Average days to close |
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| Parking Violation | 1,175 | 643 | 6.3 |
| Traffic Signal Maintenance | 1,162 | 882 | 1.2 |
| Container Replacement | 984 | 945 | 1.4 |
| Weeds/Trash/Stagnant Water on Property | 950 | 88 | 5 |
| Trash Dumping or Illegal Dumpsite | 562 | 179 | 4.8 |
| Traffic Signs | 509 | 367 | 4 |
| New Resident Container | 494 | 471 | 1.3 |
| Building Code Violation | 403 | 337 | 2 |
| Container Repair | 340 | 311 | 1.3 |
| Heavy Trash Code Violation | 335 | 119 | 5.4 |
| Health Code | 261 | 25 | 5.7 |
| Junk Motor Vehicle - Private Property | 163 | 34 | 5.1 |
| Bandit Sign - Right of Way | 157 | 148 | 1.8 |
| Traffic Signals | 104 | 54 | 4.9 |
| Dangerous Buildings | 54 | 12 | 3.9 |
| MultiFamily Habitability Violation | 49 | 28 | 1.8 |
| Fire Code Complaint | 49 | 40 | 2.6 |
| Occupancy Violation | 38 | 36 | 2.4 |
| Container Placement | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| Graffiti on Private/Commercial Property | 12 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Drainage System Violation | 11 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Donation Box Violation | 8 | 6 | 2.1 |
| Sign Code Violation | 7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Malfunctioning Railroad Signal | 4 | 0 | |
| Graffiti - ATT Telephone Equipment | 4 | 0 |
By council district: A 707 (2.5 days) · B 978 (2 days) · C 1,066 (3.1 days) · D 1,118 (2.6 days) · E 370 (2.2 days) · F 337 (3 days) · G 512 (2 days) · H 1,037 (2.7 days) · I 822 (2.7 days) · J 328 (3.1 days) · K 557 (4.1 days) ·
Ghosts in the machine
These cities pass ordinances, set tax rates and sign contracts, and none of it appears here: their agendas could not be read by machine in the last 90 days (scanned images, script-only pages, or no posted agendas). Unseen is not clean.
- 9,613 residents · Jacinto City (0 agendas read, 0 new items; newest agenda posted is for May 28, 2026)
- 4,385 residents · City of Hunters Creek Village Its website does not answer this site's public-records reader, and has since Oct 23, 2026. Its meeting agendas are public records the city must post under the Texas Open Meetings Act; nothing it approves can be shown here until it lets them be read.
- 3,704 residents · City of Taylor Lake Village Its website answers "forbidden" to this site's public-records reader, and has since Oct 23, 2026. Its meeting agendas are public records the city must post under the Texas Open Meetings Act; nothing it approves can be shown here until it lets them be read.
- 3,128 residents · City of Piney Point Village (0 agendas read, 0 new items)
- 816 residents · City of Hilshire Village (0 agendas read, 0 new items)
Scorecard, last 12 months
Points: New rules 3 · Money 4 · Surveillance 4 · Land control 3 · Strings attached 2 · Secrecy 2 · Rollback −3 · the same weights The Fine Print uses everywhere. The Fuckery Meter adds tax rates, consent agendas, closed sessions, missing notice and withheld records.