Council decided against exploring the costs associated with contracting out city caretaking services.
A city report says an internal review was initiated due to budgetary pressures.
The report tonight asked council to allow administration to issue an RFP to compare costs and potential savings and report back to council for a final decision.
About 100 city workers could be affected by a future council decision to outsource.
CUPE representatives and labour activists in the gallery Monday night said just talking about outsourcing crushes morale and will in turn affect services.
In a very tight vote, the majority of council agreed that it wasn't the right time to have the discussion.
