The council wants the government to appoint a commission which has equal representation from the Local Government and Shires Association and the state to assess the gravity of the problem.

This follows the release, in May, of the final report of the independent inquiry into the financial sustainability of NSW local government which put forward appropriate recommendations for consideration by councils.

The independent inquiry found that local government faced a huge infrastructure renewals backlog of more than $6 billion and that this was expected to grow to almost $21 billion in 15 years.

Great Lakes Council wants the LGSA to establish an implementation framework and process to consult with councils and other stakeholders and to advance the key recommendations of the report that had been endorsed by its members.

The move came in a mayoral minute presented to the council's last meeting by Cr John Chadban.