D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray will not begin considering the potential reappointment of Natwar Gandhi, the city’s chief financial officer, until after he presents his budget on March 23, a senior city official said Friday.

“We want to get past this budget before we actively began that process so we can decouple the two,” the official told The Washington Examiner, speaking about internal discussion on the condition of anonymity. “Having those discussions at the same time you’re doing a budget is a really, really bad idea. [It’s] better to wait.”