Councilors are struggling to reach an agreement on how to move the property tax proposal forward.

Confusion and frustration rippled through the ranks Friday as Boston City Council members struggled to understand how a newly revised tax proposal from Mayor Michelle Wu will advance through the House approval process.

Wu revealed the review plan two days earlier, following months of public advocacy and negotiations between his office and leaders of Greater Boston’s business community. Its goal is to prevent Boston homeowners from suffering a sharp increase in property taxes by taxing commercial properties beyond the current legal limit over a three-year period.

The Boston City Council had already approved an old version of the plan with a higher tax on commercial properties over a longer period of time, but it stalled in the legislature. Now, the council is once again the first hurdle in a multi-step approval process that Wu said must be completed by the end of November to ensure relief for Boston residential taxpayers.

“We are under a time constraint,” City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune said, acknowledging the approval timeline during Friday’s emergency meeting to formally present the revised proposal before the council and in committee.

Council chairs may call emergency meetings at their discretion in accordance with council rules. Friday was the first time the council had a virtual meeting under Louijeune’s leadership and the first time it had an emergency meeting under Louijeune.

“I’m trying to get us to act as quickly as possible, I don’t want any more undue delays so we can address this matter,” he said.

Louijeune immediately decided to adjourn the meeting after the city clerk read the new tax measure into the minutes. When the vote occurred, councilors seemed upset at not being aware of the negotiations that produced it and confused about next steps.

“I had a point of order too,” South Boston Councilman Ed Flynn interjected during his turn to vote. Flynn has repeatedly indicated that he is considering running for mayor next year.

“We are in the middle of a roll call vote to adjourn,” Louijeune responded. “I don’t like to disturb the vote. In the end, I will accept your point of order.”

“I want to know if there is already a plan to have a meeting,” said At-Large Councilwoman Erin Murphy. “Will there be an expectation that we vote on Wednesday? And is there an expectation that this body will have a hearing to discuss this new tax proposal? Because it seems like a lot of other people in the city have had, I would say, the pleasure (or) opportunity to really engage in this conversation, but we on the council haven’t.”

Once the council voted unanimously to adjourn, more questions arose.

“If we’re just going to have a special meeting to put it on the docket and then put it to a vote on Wednesday, I would like to know the protocols, policies and procedures because you didn’t say that,” At-Large Councilwoman Julia Mejía said. to Louijeune. “So, I felt rushed.”

“This was an emergency meeting, and obviously the first time I participated,” said Dorchester Councilman John FitzGerald, one of five councilors elected just a year ago. “What constitutes an emergency and, you know, who decides that?”

“I’d rather ask all of these questions now so we can get them over with,” Flynn said. “It seems like we’re rushing to finish the meeting.”

“Thank you and I appreciate it,” Louijeune responded. “Normally, when issues are referred to committee … if we treat this as a normal meeting, there is usually no discussion and I didn’t see any hand-holding before we (voted to adjourn).”

In the end, East Boston Councilwoman Gabriela Coletta Zapata, chairwoman of the council’s government operations committee, said there would be a hearing to allow for public testimony.

Louijeune ended the meeting term abruptly after a failed attempt to reconsider the postponement.