Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to raise commercial tax rates hit another snag on Beacon Hill Monday, when it was blocked by a member of the Senate, with the City Council’s annual tax-rate-setting hearing bearing down the next day.

A senator from South Boston delayed action Monday on a controversial, time-sensitive Boston property tax reclassification bill, which is now on ice until after the deadline for action recommended by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

Republican state Rep. David DeCoste of Norwell used a procedural gambit to prevent an expected vote on the measure.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s time-sensitive plan to shift more property tax burden on the business and commercial sectors hit another rough patch on Beacon Hill Thursday when it stalled out in the

Massachusetts senators may get a chance Monday to finally vote on a bill allowing the City of Boston to temporarily reconfigure the way it splits its property taxes between commercial and residential taxpayers.

South Boston state Senator Nick Collins moved to postpone a vote on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to temporarily adjust the city’s property tax formula.

The Massachusetts Senate tabled a vote on Mayor Michelle Wu’s property-tax proposal until Thursday, which Wu has said would be too late to put altered tax rates into effect.