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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Renew instructional materials contract for $1,000,000 annually
Galena Park ISD will renew RFP 26-001 for instructional materials with multiple vendors for the term November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027, at an estimated annual expenditure of $1,000,000.
Oct 5, 2026 agenda, item VIII.5: the agenda's words
Consider approval to renew RFP 26-001 Instructional Materials for the term of November 1, 2026, through October 31, 2027, at an estimated annual expenditure of $1,000,000. With the following vendors: Abecedarian ABC, LLC Accelerate Learning Inc. Advanced Technologies Consultants Arbor Scientific Avant Assessment LLC Ballard & Tighe, Publishers Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. Galena Park Independent School District OFFICIAL AGENDA AND MEETING NOTICE Regular Meeting Monday, October 5, 2026 Page 3 Beable Education, Inc. Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group LLC Bellwether Media Blick Art Materials Bound to stay Bound Books, Inc. BSN Sports, LLC Capstone CareerSafe, LLC Carolina Biological Supply Company CEV Multimedia Ltd. Character Development and Leadership, LLC Cherry Lake Publishing Corwin Press, Inc Cosenza & Associates, LLC Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. Delaney Educational Enterprises DeltaMath Solutions Inc. Demco, Inc Discount School Supply Discovery Education, Inc. Dr. Jerry Wallace, LLC Dream Ranch Office Supplies EAI Education Educational Products, Inc Edvotek, Inc. Ereflect Inc. ExploreLearning, LLC Fisher Scientific Company LLC Flinn Scientific Inc Flyleaf Publishing Follett Content Solutions, LLC Frog Publications, Inc. Fun and Function LLC Garrett Book Company LLC Geyer Instructional Products GF Educators, Inc. Glendale Parade Store, LLC Gumdrop Books hand2mind Heinemann Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Imagine Learning LLC
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Adopt tax rate of $1.28301, a 1.00 percent increase
Galena Park ISD will adopt a property tax rate of $1.28301 per $100 valuation, consisting of a Maintenance and Operations rate of $0.86870 and a Debt Service rate of $0.41431. This represents a 1.00 percent increase in the tax rate.
Oct 5, 2026 agenda, item XI: the agenda's words
NEW BUSINESS - ACTION A. Consider adopting the resolution for the property tax rate to be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of $1.28301, establishing a Maintenance and Operations tax rate of $0.86870, and a Debt Service tax rate of $0.41431, which is effectively a 1.00 percent increase in the tax rate.
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Chromebooks and network components purchase
District will purchase Chromebooks, licenses, computer-related consumables, and network components for September 15, 2026 through August 31, 2027 from multiple vendors at an estimated amount of $1,500,000.
Sep 14, 2026 agenda, item VIII.3: the agenda's words
Consider approval of the purchases of Chromebooks, licenses, computer-related consumables, and network components for the term of September 15, 2026, through August 31, 2027, from CDW Government via PACE COOP P00185, TIPS 230105, TCPN/OMNIA 250601, DIR-CPO-5850, DIR-CPO-5347, Equalis R10-1182A, Region 4 Contract #R250601 and Choice Partners 25/018MF at an estimated amount of $1,500,000.
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Closed session: personnel matters including appointment, evaluation, discipline or dismissal
Board will hold closed session under Texas Government Code Section 551.074 to deliberate on appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public employee.
Aug 25, 2026 agenda, item B: the agenda's words
Section 551.074 Personnel - Deliberate appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public employee.
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Closed session: private consultation with board attorney and Level III employee grievance hearing
Board will hold closed session for private consultation with attorney on matters authorized by law, including a Level III Employee Grievance Hearing. Discussion of personnel matters and legal advice will occur outside public view.
Aug 25, 2026 agenda, item 1: the agenda's words
Private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subject matters authorized by law, including the Level III Employee Grievance Hearing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.