City council members in Kenneth City held another budget meeting on Wednesday night, but could still not come to a decision.
The four-person council was scheduled to vote again today, a week after no agreement was reached.
Another budget meeting will be held next Wednesday. After the meeting there needs to be publication of the vote as well as another budget meeting before the vote can be finalized and set into motion.
The council did come up with a tentative solution to avoid being penalized $200,000 by the state which included tentatively passing this year's budget and then revisiting next year's budget.
The council has been at odds over pay raises for some city employees. Some of the council members want to stay at a 5 percent increase for the six city employees and insurance costs for police officers. Some have pushed for more.
"Time is not on our side, but I'm confident that what we have before us is something that's workable realistic and overall will positively benefit the town," said town manager Matthew Campbell.
Campbell wants city employees and police officers to get raises that he says are long overdo.
"Our salaries have not literally been touched in approximately eight to 10 years," said Campbell.
The council has until the end of the month to pass a budget. If the council doesn't approve a budget by Sept. 30, the city could be shut down and taken over by the state.
Edwin Benton, a political science professor at the University of South Florida said that means no police force, no garbage pickup, and no government until a budget is passed.
"There would be no garbage collection, I know they have their own police department, police officers wouldn't show up at work because they wouldn't be paid, our folks working in the finance office or whatever departments employees they would be furloughed indefinitely."
Benton said the only other option is to hit pause and continue working under the current budget until an agreement is reached.
The governor could also step in.
It is unclear exactly what may happen because a situation like this apparently has never happened in Florida before.