It's business as usual at Orange City Council

There is plenty of speculation about proposed council mergers in the media but it is business as usual at Orange City Council.

While the government is going ahead immediately with the amalgamations to create 19 new councils, Orange City Council is on the list of nine new proposed new councils where a merger is still to be decided.

A number of legal challenges are being heard in the Land and Environment Court and until a decision is known Orange City Council is getting on with the job.

It's not known how long the court challenge could take to be resolved but the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole, has flagged his in-principle support for a merger of Blayney, Cabonne and Orange councils.

These statements follow the Minister's announcement on May 12.