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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City Campus Phase I construction contract approval
Authorizes contract with Brookstone LP for City Campus Phase I with total project cost of $9,323,333.
Oct 27, 2026 agenda, item F.2: the agenda's words
Discuss and consider Resolution No. 2026-55 authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Brookstone LP for City Campus Phase I and approving a total project cost of $9,323,333. Austin Bleess, City Manager
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Adoption of revised city fee schedule
Ordinance adopts revised fee schedule amending Jersey Village Code of Ordinances chapters 2 and 30 regarding fees, charges, and fire protection services. Affects residents and businesses subject to city fees.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item H.5: the agenda's words
Discuss and consider Ordinance No. 2026-26 adopting a revised fee schedule by amending the Jersey Village Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article IV, Division 2, Section 2-142 (Fees and Charges Imposed), and amending Chapter 30 Article II Section 30-36(e)(Fire Protection and Prevention) and other matters thereto, and providing for severability and repeal. Jennifer Brown, Finance Director
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Issuance of Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026
Ordinance authorizing issuance of Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026, for city projects. Taxpayers are obligated to repay principal and interest.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item H.4: the agenda's words
Discuss and consider Ordinance No. 2026-25 authorizing and ordering the issuance of the City of Jersey Village, Texas, Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026; prescribing the terms and form thereof; making other provisions regarding such bonds, including use of proceeds thereof, and matters incident thereto. Jennifer Brown, Finance Director
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Issuance of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2026
Ordinance authorizing issuance of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2026, with proceeds to be used for city projects. Taxpayers are obligated to repay principal and interest.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item H.3: the agenda's words
Discuss and consider Ordinance No. 2026-24 authorizing and ordering the issuance of the City of Jersey Village, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2026; prescribing the terms and form thereof; making other provisions regarding such bonds, including use of proceeds thereof, and matters incident thereto. Jennifer Brown, Finance Director
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Budget amendment for fiscal year 2025-2026
Ordinance to amend budget in various funds with $2,988,624 in revenues and $2,086,884 in expenditures for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Affects city operations and spending.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item H.2: the agenda's words
Discuss and consider Ordinance No. 2026-23 amending the budget in various funds for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, in the amount of $2,988,624 in revenues and $2,086,884 in expenditures, and providing for an effective date. Jennifer Brown, Finance Director
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Public hearing on adoption/reauthorization of construction permit and review fees
City will hold public hearing to consider adopting or reauthorizing fees for review, permitting, inspection, and related services for residential and commercial construction, renovation, or remodeling. Affects property developers and owners undertaking construction projects.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item E.1: the agenda's words
Conduct a Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving oral comments from any interested person(s) concerning the adoption/reauthorization of fees charged for the review, permitting, inspection, and related services for the construction, renovation, or remodeling of residential and commercial structures within the City. James Singleton, Mayor
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Ratify $246,680.20 in emergency water system repair expenditures
Ratifies emergency repair payments to Rueda Bros for water and wastewater utility system repairs. City paid $246,680.20.
Sep 15, 2026 agenda, item 7: the agenda's words
Consider Resolution 2026-47 to ratify $246,680.20 in expenditures with Rueda Bros for emergency repairs of the water and wastewater utility system.
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.