Mayor Ian Gosper said there had been inquiries from Orange councillors as to whether their Cabonne counterparts would hold an extraordinary meeting to reconsider whether to continue their fight against a merger with Orange and Blayney councils.

But he said no such meeting was planned.

“It’s pointless calling an extraordinary meeting until there’s something to call it for,” he said.

In December, Cabonne councillors resolved to allocate $60,000 for a NSW Supreme Court appeal after their earlier action in the NSW Land and Environment Court was dismissed.

Of that, $1600 has been spent to lodge the appeal.

The decision warded off any attempt by Local Government Minister Paul Toole to proclaim a merged council before Woolahra Council’s Supreme Court judgment was handed down.

Woolahra lost its case just before Christmas and will take it to the High Court of Australia, but Cr Gosper said the cabinet reshuffle, prompted by member for Dubbo Troy Grant’s resignation as deputy premier, would also play an important part in Cabonne’s decision to proceed.

“After the byelection, John Barilaro took on a lot of things he wasn’t aware of and being deputy premier, he’ll meet with the premier and minister and get back to us,” he said.

“If they do come out and say we’re going to stand off on our plans, that’s when we would call an extraordinary meeting and say which way we would go.”

NSW Parliament will resume on February 14.