Back and forth debate at City Hall is delaying construction on a new downtown stadium for Tulsa's minor league baseball team. And today, one of the stadium donors urged the city council to pick up the pace.

Stan Lybarger asked the council today to hurry and approve the stadium trust, which will manage the stadium and the land around it. It's the trust that has been the center of a lot of controversy.

There is a lot of controversy about who is on the trust board. Originally, the board was comprised of nine members, mainly big-dollar donors. Now, there are only five members. The mayor's husband decided not to be a member and smaller downtown property owners are included.

Of course, the Tulsa Drillers also have a stake in the new stadium. They want to make sure what develops around the stadium will appeal to families and bring in crowds.

"We're not trying to control it," says Drillers Owner Chuck Lamson. "We're trying to control what goes in there, feels right and has a good way to jump-start what happens downtown and with the economy develops."

Today, councilors received the revised copy and some behind the stadium are asking the council to approve it fast so construction can begin soon.

"It's ambitious with the amount of time that has been consumed," Lybarger said. "But, my sincere hope is to have the Drillers in the stadium in the spring of 2010."

Lybarger is a ball park donor and a trust member. He urged councilors to approve the trust agreement and says time is wasting because construction costs are rising.

"We would anticipate steel orders and other major components to immediately follow the council approval," he said.

But, some city councilors say they don't want to be rushed... again.

"That's the same malarkey they sold us back when it was an emergency to pass the ball park idea to begin with and, then took ten weeks on negotiating a deal," says Councilor John Eagleton. "I personally believe construction costs are going down. I believe the cost of oil is going down. And, for them to say that the absolute cost of construction will go up in the short term strikes me as a bogus prediction."

Councilors want to make sure the trust, which will govern the stadium for its lifetime, is correct.

"It's either do it correct now, or come back in ten years when there is a lawsuit because of loose language of the trust and then try and get it right," said Councilor Bill Martinson. "So, it's important we do it right now."

City councilors will do a first reading of the trust this Thursday at the council meeting. Then, it would be two more weeks before the trust is approved. Councilors could hold a special meeting to get it approved sooner, but some councilors say they want to make sure the public has time to learn all about it.