The Denver City Council on Tuesday delayed a vote to ban homeless encampment sweeps when the temperatures fall below freezing.

The primary sponsor of the bill, at-large Councilmember Sarah Parady, made the motion to postpone the vote for two weeks.

Legislative bodies typically delay votes to give sponsors more time to secure votes or consider changes.

“The postponement is just due to background logistics and I’m confident it will pass in two weeks!” Parady said.

Opponents of the measure, including Mayor Mike Johnston, said it would cause a variety of issues by limiting what the city could do, while proponents argued officials should wait until warmer weather before shutting down an encampment because warmer places are not always available for homeless people to move into.

“Mayor Johnston’s first priority is keeping Denverites safe and healthy,” a mayor’s office spokesperson told The Denver Gazette last week. “We know that cold temperatures pose a serious danger to people living outdoors, and this proposal will limit the actions the city can take to keep people safe.

Under the proposal, the city may execute an encampment sweep or closure as long as the National Weather Service predicts 32 degrees or above for four hours straight the day of a planned encampment sweep.

An encampment sweep would be delayed if the National Weather Service reports temperatures below 32 degrees in the previous 48 hours.

Residents of a homeless encampment that is subject to a sweep typically get a seven-day notice.

If a scheduled sweep gets delayed, another seven-day notice would be issued, according to a spokesperson from the Department of Public Safety.

A city presentation made to councilmembers shows it costs $5 million a year for metro Denver hospitals to treat frostbite and an estimated $4.5 million to open warming centers for 90 days, which translates to $50,000 a day.