The clock is ticking with the rebuild of the city's wastewater treatment plant but a majority of district councillors continue to press for closer inspections of the project.
There was to be an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to consider a motion proposed by Councillor Rob Vinsen but that was withdrawn at the 11th hour.
Mr Vinsen's motion called for an immediate suspension of the design process for a dryer for the WWTP until an independent review proves the dryer is a "financially prudent" investment without participation of the Affco Group in the wastewater plant.
The dryer was a later addition to the original Cardno plan, adding an estimated $9.3 million to the costs of the rebuild, bringing that total to $41m.
He pulled that motion receiving "substantial information" on the purchase of the thermal dryer from the council chief executive, saying that largely alleviated many of the concerns that he and some other councillors had.