Tampa City Council pumps brakes on apartment âmoratoriumâ Council members, under intense pressure from developers, decided Thursday a citywide slowdown on big apartment complexes isnât necessary after all. Â Â Tampa City Council member Orlando Gudes was unanimously elected City Council chairman on Thursday. He voted for a failed effort Thursday to pause apartment development in some areas of the city. [ SCOTT KEELER | Times ] Updated May 6 TAMPA â Reversing course from three weeks ago, Tampa City Council members Thursday voted down a pared-back proposed citywide pause on giving developers more leeway to build large apartment complexes, saying more time was needed to wade through the complicated issue.