Wagga mayor Greg Conkey says councillors must take responsibility in unifying the group after shots were fired at his leadership last week.
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It was five days ago when Cr Tim Koschel voiced his desire to oust the incumbent mayor from the top job later this month.
He since accused the mayor of giving some councillors more attention than others instead of uniting the council's factions to become a stable, working group.
Although he believes Cr Conkey is "doing a good job" working alongside the council staff, Cr Koschel said his weakness was leading the councillors who struggle to work together.
"There's a clear line that there are factions within the council ... but the mayor needs to work across all the factions to try and unify them all," he said.
"The mayor hasn't reached out to me personally except a handful of times in 12 months.
"As an elected leader, besides talking to me in meetings and workshops there hasn't been any one-on-one contact, sessions or sit downs. It has just been zero contact as well."
However, Cr Conkey said that this "cuts both ways" and it is not the sole responsibility of the mayor to unify the city's councillors.
"I think with a vast majority of motions, all councillors are on the same page ... it is just some of the other issues where the councillors have diverse views and express those in various ways," he said.
Cr Conkey said there have been contentious issues that have divided councillors during the past four years from cutting ties with Wagga's Chinese sister city to the halfway house and the climate change debate.
Despite this division, he said the councillors have "pulled together" regarding major issues for the city such as the special activation precinct.
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Cr Conkey said he understood the mayoral role is "a sought-after position," but he will still certainly put his name forward and see whether the votes are in his favour.
He said he has been "actively involved" during the past four years as mayor forming strong relationships with the region's councils, as well as a number of cabinet ministers, which has put the city in a strong position.
"It is a privilege and honour to serve as mayor of the city. There's a lot of talent on this council and we will see what happens on the night," he said.