Swayed by public testimony, the Vancouver City Council ditched plans to ban all but “safe and sane” fireworks late Monday night.

Speakers flocked to City Hall, with more than 30 people filling out cards to provide up to three minutes of testimony, with a vast majority imploring the city council to not place restrictions on current use. After a 6-1 vote to abandon the changes, with Councilor Bill Turlay casting the lone no vote, the council drew applause.

“I think safe and sane is pretty much out the door at this point,” Councilor Bart Hansen said.

But just what might happen next isn’t clear: Debate continued past 11:45 p.m., and the council seemed to waver in favor of further restricting days of sales and use, and seemed less enamored with the idea of a public vote. The stall means that the city council missed the window to have any changes take effect before July 4, 2013 — state law requires that any changes to fireworks laws be passed 365 days in advance. The council instead said it will talk about changes later this year; any new laws would apply to 2014 at the earliest.

The safe and sane ordinance would have brought Vancouver into line with the fireworks allowed in the state of Oregon, doing away with Roman candles and mortars, along with anything that travels more than 12 inches vertically or more than 15 feet horizontally from the source of ignition. Sparklers, base and cone fountains, ground blooms and smoke devices would be permitted.