The default outcome of the council has indeed been changed and now depends on whether Gorsky is still around to push his agenda or not; also, the persuasion skill check values have been tweaked a bit, also based on Gorsky's presence. I guess we missed that one in the change log, so sorry about the misunderstanding. Things are working as intended. I have, however, now changed Tanner's reply so that he won't mention earthquake repairs after the railway has been cleared but give another reason.