The city of Wichita's proposed non-discrimination ordinance was put on hold until fall.
Council member Bryan Frye voted to pull the ordinance from the consent agenda portion of the meeting, in order to allow the public to comment. Like last week, a large crowd gathered to voice their opinions on the issue.
At the forefront: complaints by several council members, including Becky Tuttle and Cindy Claycomb, that the city's diversity, inclusion and civil rights advisory board wasn't involved in the matter.
Council member Jared Cerullo put all of the blame squarely on Mayor Brandon Whipple. Cerullo stated last month that he was concerned about how quickly the ordinance was moving through without input from him or others affected, and repeated those concerns Tuesday.
Tuttle made a substitute motion to delay a vote for 90 days. The delay would allow more time for input by the city's diversity, inclusion and civil rights advisory board, district advisory boards and would allow the council to conduct a workshop to learn more and help strengthen the proposed ordinance. That motion passed 5-2, with Mayor Whipple and Vice Mayor Brandon Johnson casting the no votes. The earliest the council could take up the issue would be October 12.