Wagga councillor Rod Kendall might hold the deciding vote in the campaign to overturn the climate emergency declaration.
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It comes after a nasty turn in the campaign against Wagga City Council's decision to declare a climate emergency.
Posters that appeared in city on Thursday morning, accused Crs Vanessa Keenan, Dan Hayes, Dallas Tout and Greg Conkey, who voted in favour of the original motion, of imposing a "carbon footprint tax" upon the community.
The climate emergency will be the subject of a rescission motion at Monday night's council meeting where Crs Rod Kendall and Tim Koschel will get a vote after their absence from the July 8 meeting.
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Cr Koschel has told The Daily Advertiser he will "definitely" support the rescission motion, whereas Cr Kendall could be swayed between now and the meeting on Monday.
"It is most likely I will support the rescission motion, but I have people trying to convince me one way or the other," Cr Kendall said.
"I have invited them to send me documents and arguments before the meeting, so I might still be swayed."
Cr Kendall hinted at the possibility of him foreshadowing a motion after the call to reverse the climate emergency declaration is considered.
Crs Paul Funnell, Yvonne Braid and Kerry Pascoe, who voted against the original motion, are likely to support the rescission motion, given that it has been put forward and endorsed by them.
Cr Koschel appears to have taken a firm stance against the climate emergency declaration, after describing Cr Keenan's motion as "a slap in the face" to the council.
"It is not that I don't believe in climate change. The main reason has been the claim that it is a climate disaster when the council is not doing a disastrous job in this space," he said.
"It is calling for money that we don't have and there has been no talk about where we are going to source that money.
"There is a better way we can do this."
Cr Koschel announced his plan to declare a roads and Lake Albert emergency at the Monday night meeting, about two weeks ago. However, he has decided to hold off on his motions until the August 5 meeting.
"We need to get (the climate emergency) finalised and then we can go onto the lake and roads," he said.