A proposal will be put before Tenterfield Shire Council today to decide whether to grant Glen Innes council a boundary shake-up.

The rationale advanced by Glen Innes council was that the area has a ‘clearly identified community of interest’ away from Tenterfield.

Glen Innes Severn Council general manager Hein Basson says he predicts around six to seven hundred Tenterfield ratepayers could be effected by the change.

Despite the proposals, none of the effected individuals have been sounded out for their opinions.

Mr Basson said his council were forced to act following the NSW Government’s implementation of the Fit for the Future plans.

“This is about tidying up the boundaries around Deepwater – we have looked at the communities of interest and are of the opinion that these properties have a community interest with Deepwater. That’s been our thinking,” Mr Basson said.

The plans will also look to usurp land from the west and south of their region.

Mr Basson said his council could stand to benefit to a tune of $1 million annually from the changes.

Though he predicts they could lose money by taking over the Tenterfield Shire properties.

He believes the cost of maintaining the roads in the area will outweigh the funds poured back in by the newly-ascertained ratepayers.

“We’re not being aggressive or predatory about it all.

“The local government boundaries were established long before modern technology – the communities of interest have changed since those days.”

Mr Basson said they saw it as righting some wrongs.

Tenterfield shire general manager Lotta Jackson has asked that Mr Basson undertake concise consultation before Tenterfield considers their position.