No matter what happens in the final month of the council's spring session, most agree the new council is struggling to find its identity.
"There is not a clear, five-person majority," Reeves said.
In the past, he said, councillors usually strongly identified themselves as either progressives or left-of-center independents, unlike today.
"It is difficult to read anyone in terms of politics," he continued.
"It is not clear where the alliances lie, or if there even are any," Born said.
Winters agreed, saying the absence of real issues has left the council's future in doubt.
"In terms of actual goings-on, it just isn't there," Winters said. "It's almost as if the council's irrelevancy is the rule right now. Whether it will stay that way is hard to tell."
"It's a story unfolding," Born said.