A key vote on the controversial Inner Harbor desalination project was expected Tuesday, but city council members have postponed it until next week.

The delay comes just one day after Mayor Paulette Guajardo and Councilwoman Carolyn Vaughn met with top state leaders in Austin to discuss the project’s future.

According to Vaughn, the meeting was called by state officials and organized by State Representative Todd Hunter. At the table were the governor’s chief of staff, Senators Adam and Juan Hinojosa, Representative Denise Villalobos, and Nueces County Judge Connie Scott.

“I think they wanted to know what was going on in Corpus,” Vaughn said. “Are we for desal? Of course — it just depends on the cost.”

The Inner Harbor plant remains in early design — just 10% complete — but its estimated

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