Brisbane City Council's sole Greens councillor has blasted the city's highest-ranking bureaucrat over a decision to "censor" a gazebo to be used at community events.

The Gabba ward councillor Jonathan Sri said the council's chief executive, Colin Jensen, refused to allow him to use his discretionary ward funding to purchase the gazebo because it contained "political messaging".

Greens councillor Jonathan Sri says he's being censored by Brisbane City Council chief executive Colin Jensen. Credit:Glenn Hunt

The reason, Cr Sri said he was told, was the 'people before profit' slogan on two sides of the design.

"Stopping councillors from using public money on producing party-political materials is an excellent measure, but 'people before profit' is not a party-political slogan," Cr Sri said.