Orange City Council staff will bring a report back on how the information can be shared among councillors after Glenn Taylor put forward a motion to the last meeting.

"The diary is council's property and the diary will tell us when the mayor leaves the city ... on council business," he said.

Cr Taylor said it followed the visit from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian earlier this month to announce $25 million for the multipurpose sporting complex if the Nationals won the seat.

"I can't recall this chamber resolving that was our number one priority - I was completely thrown by the premier's announcement that day," he said.

Cr Taylor said he would have prioritised the southern feeder road.

"We are nowhere near being shovel-ready for any sporting precinct," he said.

"I've noticed a lack of transparency as far as councillors knowing who the mayor is actually making representations to on behalf of what projects - it's public money."

Cr Kidd stepped out of the room for the item and deputy mayor Sam Romano took the chair for the discussion, admitting he was also out of the loop.

"As deputy, I don't always know where he's going or what he's doing and it's my duty to know that - it's not spying," he said.

"We're supposed to work as a team."

Councillor Joanne McRae said the motion did not go far enough because councillors were all public representatives.

"Under that suggestion that it's public money paying for what we're doing then perhaps it needs to be all councillors as well as the mayor," she said.

She said she did not support public reporting, saying the council ran the risk of running into "Trump land", where slabs of US president Donald Trump's day were labelled as 'executive time' and therefore meaningless.

With staff concerned commercial matters could become public, governance manager Samantha Freeman suggested internal updates could protect confidentiality and other councillors could contribute to them.

After the meeting, Cr Kidd said staff maintained his council diary and he had no problem opening it to his colleagues, provided personal appointments were kept private.

"I think I'm the only one who does have a diary - I have no idea what anyone else does," he said.