What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: The real objective of the Mayor's announcement seems to be to give some political cover to Karl Nurse and Darden Rice, so they can vote for a motion to defer the decision, motion likely made by Charlie Gerdes and seconded by Jim Kennedy, to give the administration time to figure out how to jack this program back up and improve the cash flow. Only return the topic.
The Mayor's announcement aimed at providing political cover for council members in order to defer and reassess a city program.