Follow the Money

PED. SAFETY & TRANSIT CONNECTIONS- CAMPO-PHB REBID

EAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC

also known as EARTC

Needs a closer lookComplete — fully paid

Construction

This is a construction contract with EAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC to deliver “PED. SAFETY & TRANSIT CONNECTIONS- CAMPO-PHB REBID”. The city authorized spending up to $929,030, and $1,095,848 has been paid so far (118% of the ceiling).

Authorized (spending ceiling)

$929,030

Ordered / committed

$929,030 (100%)

Actually paid

$1,095,848 (118%)

from 39 checks in the city checkbook

Contract record lists $0 in its delivery-order field — understates actual checks.

Timeline

Jun 13, 2023 → —

Kicked off Jan 5, 2024 · last check Aug 19, 2025

Why this status?

Payments ($1,095,848) exceed the authorized ceiling ($929,030) — worth a closer look.
No expiration date on record — timeline signals can't be computed.

These are transparent signals, not judgments. A large unspent balance may be a legitimate multi-year ceiling or indefinite-delivery contract.

Payments on this contract

39 checkbook lines totaling $1,095,848 are booked directly against this contract — this is the amount actually paid.

The contract’s own record lists $0 in its “delivery-order referenced” field — a $1,095,848 understatement. That field only counts payments made through delivery orders, so we treat the checkbook total above as the real amount paid.

Where the money came fromGeneral Capital (bonds) · 100%

General Capital (bonds) · GCP-Tpsd General Improvements, GCP-Transportation PG/2018, GCP-Public Works-Grants$1,095,848 (100%)

Funding source is read from the fund each check was drawn on. It tells you who is accountable: voters & Council for bond/general-capital money, ratepayers & utility commissions for enterprise money, Council for the General Fund.

What the money paid for

Construction, Street Lighting$1,095,848 (100%)

Grouped from the city’s own line-item descriptions. Vague or generic labels are themselves a transparency signal worth questioning.

See all 39 individual checks

DateAmountProject / fundWhat forStatus

Aug 19, 2025$565Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Aug 19, 2025$22,3402018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Aug 19, 2025$23,373Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

May 20, 2025$13,8802018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

May 20, 2025$32,387Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 25, 2025$7,805Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 25, 2025$10,2072018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 25, 2025$42,027Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 5, 2025$63,176Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 5, 2025$11,733Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 5, 2025$15,3432018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 19, 2024$1,412Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 19, 2024$7,603Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 19, 2024$1,8472018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 4, 2024$1,214Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 4, 2024$6,536Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Nov 4, 2024$1,5872018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Sep 30, 2024$115,018Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Sep 30, 2024$1,2372018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Sep 30, 2024$946Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Sep 5, 2024$217,161Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Aug 26, 2024$21,832Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Aug 26, 2024$64,799Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Aug 26, 2024$84,7372018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Jul 18, 2024$7,8172018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Jul 18, 2024$5,977Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Jul 18, 2024$32,186Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Jun 18, 2024$22,2052018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Jun 18, 2024$18,168Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Jun 18, 2024$94,203Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 7, 2024$6,1982018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 7, 2024$4,740Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Mar 7, 2024$25,522Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 6, 2024$37,474Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 6, 2024$6,959Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Feb 6, 2024$9,1012018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Jan 5, 2024$7,350Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections-CapMetro MATCHGCP-Tpsd General ImprovementsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Jan 5, 2024$9,6112018 Bond Safety-PedestriansGCP-Transportation PG/2018Construction, Street LightingPaid

Jan 5, 2024$39,575Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections - CAMPO/TXDOTGCP-Public Works-GrantsConstruction, Street LightingPaid

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = 23061200480) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by

Contract and Land Management Department

Delivered by (1 firm)

EAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC

We couldn’t automatically match this contract to a City Council vote (the voting-record dataset starts in 2023, and older or consent-agenda items may not match by name). Most contracts are approved collectively on the Council consent agenda — so accountability runs through the managing department above and the Council vote on the award date, not an individual sponsor.

Documents & oversight

Contract type

Direct contract — billed against this contract number.

Find the solicitation package on Austin Finance Online →

Search solicitation CLMC810A (IFB) to open the original scope of work, bid documents, and the executed contract.

Assessing delivery vs. commitment: Austin doesn’t publish structured project milestones, so we can’t auto-verify that the work matches the contract. What we can do is show what the money was invoiced for (above) and link the approved scope — then, where it matters, dispatch a Spotter to confirm the work on the ground. Contracts whose purpose is well-documented vs. vague is exactly the signal that tells us where to look first.

Source & provenance

Contract number 23061200480 (CT) · Department 6100 · Managed by Contract and Land Management Department · Competitive Acquisition
From snapshot 2026-07-28.

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