An online petition calls on members of the Legislative Assembly to review its decision to postpone local government elections until September 2021, which came in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It also asked the assembly to remind fifth term councillors to refrain from making decisions that have significant community concern and opposition.

Greens lead candidate Jenny McKinnon said that despite her initial support to postpone elections, she no longer thought a 12-month delay was reasonable.

"Things were so disastrous at the start of lock-down. While we aren't through to the other side ... we are managing really well," she said.

Since the decision, Ms McKinnon said a federal by-election in Eden-Monaro took place and Victoria proceeded with its council elections by postal vote.

"If we can do a combination of (pre-polling) with a really extensive postal voting system, I don't see why we shouldn't bring it forward from the current September date," she said.

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Forest Hill Progress Association president Kevin Kerr agreed that there was no reason for council elections to be delayed any longer.

"In Wagga it has been business as usual apart from the first couple of months," he said.

"The grass still grows on the lawn, there is maintenance that keeps carrying on. We have been running as normal as possible without a lot of cases."

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Wagga mayor Greg Conkey said he understands the thought-process at the time when elections where deferred for 12-months.

However, he said it is "ludicrous" for the council to be in "caretaker mode" until the next elections when there are some important decisions to be made.

"We can't just stop the process of governing this city, but we need to be mindful of all decisions we make," he said.

"There are some really difficult decisions to make over the next 12 months and we need to look seriously at our financial situation to see if we can reduce that deficit in anyway," he said.

Ms McKinnon agreed the "wheels of local government" need to turn in order to make proper decisions for the city's future. She said it is not appropriate for the councillors to enter a 12-month caretaker period.