Councilmember Gibson moved to continue two ordinances relating to the property tax rate (items 31 and 32) to the November meeting so the administration could provide fiscal-year 2025 surplus data. "Item 31 and 32 pertaining to the property tax rate and to move those items to our November meeting, allowing time for the city to provide the surplus data for the fiscal year 2025," Gibson said when she placed the motion on the floor.

The motion did not receive a second and the presiding officer announced it failed. "That motion fails for lack of a second," the clerk said. Council members then discussed scheduling: the tax-rate papers remained on the agenda for the evening and council agreed they would be the first items on the regular agenda when the meeting reconvenes for formal action.

Council also set the internal time limit for councilmember discussion for the tax papers at five minutes per member under existing rules. The presiding officer said that if many citizens sign up to speak, the council typically reduces citizen-speaker time (for example, from five minutes to two minutes) to accommodate everyone.

Councilmember Trammell sought clarification about timing and whether the surplus data Gibson requested would arrive before a decision; the presiding officer said the requested information likely would not be available before the time when a tax-rate vote would be needed. Councilmember Gibson said the deadline to adopt the property tax rate is ", I believe, 45 days before the end of the year," and that the body has historically adopted rates in November. The account in the meeting did not cite a specific statute by number; the transcript records the council discussion only.

Ending: With the motion failed and scheduling clarified, council proceeded to other agenda items; no vote on a property tax-rate ordinance occurred during the informal meeting recorded in the transcript.