What happened at Tuesday night's Orange City Council meeting

Mr Gregory, 83, was a journalist at the Central Western Daily after starting in the print room but was fondly remembered for his work with the Gnoo Blas race track around Bloomfield and the Gnoo Blas classic which draws about 600 vintage and classic cars and their drivers to Orange from all over Australia.

Council held a minutes silence in his honour.

In a generally light meeting, Cr Kidd also passed on his congratulations to Cr Sam Romano on the rugby success of his son Andrew, who has been signed with the Western Force.

The first item asked for the consideration by the incoming council of a referendum to reduce the number of Orange City Councillors from 12 to 9.

Cr Kidd said the last time the issue was looked at was 2008 when council reduced its numbers from 14 to the current 12. He said larger councils had nine councillors and it provided an uneven number when it came to the casting of votes.

Cr Stephen Nugent said he had concerns about the issue coming up while council was in caretaker period.

"I know we're not making a decision tonight ... [just] because other councils have nine councillors, I don't think Orange needs to have nine," he said.

He added one of the criticism of the current council was that it lacked diversity and nine councillors would further limit diversity.

He was also concerned at any decision obliging the new council to continue with the matter.

Cr Kevin Duffy supported the acknowledgement, saying it was a good idea to put the debate into the public arena.

"It's the electorate making the decision," he said.

"If anything you [Cr Kidd] should be chastised for bringing it up so late, you should have brought it up years ago," Cr Duffy joked.

The item was acknowledged unanimously.

Nominated representative Allan Renike will remain council's representative on the Joint Regional Planning Panel for another six months, despite his three year term finishing.

The reason for the extension is council is now in caretaking before the December 4 local government election but the JRPP can still be convened.

Council will call for expressions of interest from members of the community to serve as local representatives on the JRPP after the December 4 election.

General manager David Waddell also spoke on the Term in Review document which will be released after the LGA election.

Council's statement of investments also drew some discussion with Cr Nugent asking the new council consider looking at the matter of ethical investment, he was supported by Cr Scott Munro.

Council currently has $197,872,187.31 invested.

CEO David Waddell also read out of letter congratulating Reg Kidd on his years on council and time as mayor from Tony and Lorrie Leahey.

Mr Waddell congratulated council on a long and sometimes arduous term which included drought and then COVID-19.

Councillors were then presented with a gift from staff.

Councillors each spoke on their experiences during the term and praised Cr Glenn Taylor who will not contest the election to concentrate on his health, Cr Mario Previtera, who died during the current term, and Jo McRae, who resigned when the LGA elections were again delayed.

Crs Kidd and Turner will not be contesting the next election while Cr Nugent, while standing, is not expecting to be elected.