And that now won’t likely change until after the new year kicks in.
The council is weighing the sensitive topic of whether the Market House, where enslaved people were sold before the Civil War, should be torn down.
Some members of the community say it should not be demolished, as it is a historical building with architectural significance.
Others say it needs to be demolished to get rid of a painful period of history.
The City Council has said it wants to know what residents want, but its members have differences of opinion about how to get there.
The council was hoping to get more answers when it had scheduled a discussion at Monday night’s council meeting about a proposal from a Kansas firm to conduct a community survey.