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Houston

Houston, TX

Official City Record

Official source, last checked Aug 9, 2026

City Council meets: Tuesdays 1:30 PM and Wednesdays 9:00 AM weekly (last Tuesday of the month starts at 5:00 PM instead)
Meeting location: City Hall Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 901 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002
City Secretary: Troy D. Lemon, City Secretary · (832) 393-1100 · citysecretary@houstontx.gov
Agendas posted at: https://houston.novusagenda.com/
Mayor: Mayor John Whitmire — Houston has no City Manager (strong-mayor government). Records requests are routed by department via the GovQA portal at houstontx.gov/pia.html, not a single central office.

Sources

https://www.houstontx.gov/citysec/about.html
https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/bio.html
https://ballotpedia.org/John_Whitmire

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