You'll have to wait a little longer before hailing a ride with Uber in Springfield. On Tuesday night, the city council voted to spend more time considering the plan paving the way for the popular service to come to town.

The ride share service allows residents to use their personal cars as taxis. It already operates in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Columbia.

Since there is no statewide licencing procedure, it is up to individual towns to implement licencing procedures. In recent months, Springfield has been mulling over the best way to incorporate the service into the city's existing rules and regulations governing private transportation services.

At Tuesday night's city council meeting, leaders were set to vote on new guidelines for services like Uber and Lyft. Council members voted to table it for now and send it back to a committee. The goal is to make sure everything was right.

Councilman Ken McCLure explained there is only have one chance to get it right coming to the vote.

He said, "I am a big fan of Uber, I have used them in other communities and think it would be great here. But, we want to make sure that it is done correctly and it is done fairly for the community and companies such as Uber." McClure added, "It is our goal to get companies like Uber here as quickly as we can. and, again, we want to do it right. "

The issue will be brought back up for a vote. No timeline was given, though city leaders expect it to be soon.