The latest NSW Government Gazette contained a notice on election dates for councils proposed for mergers, saying their elections would be held 12 months from April 12 this year.

Councils not affected by mergers will go to the polls on the normal election cycle in September 2016.

Local Government Minister Paul Toole said just days ago in Parliament elections for merged councils would be in March next year.

Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson thinks it is unlikely they would be in March.

"What date is it?" Cr Dickerson said.

"Is it in April? June? July?

"With people changing their minds, it's obviously not well planned. They don't know what they are doing from one day to the next."

"These are people's lives they are dealing with? It's just flippant. This is affecting tens of thousands of people."

"People plan when they have elections.

"This uncertainty is killing a lot of organisations."

He urged residents not to lose hope in their fight against a merger and to keep speaking out and writing letters.

"Keep talking to the minister and to the Deputy Premier and to other Coalition members," he said.

Cr Dickerson said a big concern was the possibility of an administrator or interim general manager being called in from the proclamation date until a newly-elected council was formed, which could be a year away.

"An administrator has the power of all democratically elected councillors. We all have debates from different points of view and good robust debate helps form better decisions," he said.

"Whether you are happy with the councillors or not, it is a democracy and they were elected."

Meanwhile at a Community Leaders Breakfast in Dubbo on Saturday, Deputy Premier and Dubbo MP Troy Grant said there was still a wait on the delegates' reports on merger proposals, which were starting to come in to the Boundaries Commission.

"I don't see the reports until they have been to the Boundaries Commission. We'll wait and see," he said.

"I want the best outcome for both communities."

Mr Grant said a number of Wellington Council staff, who did not want to be named, had spoken to him about being in support of a merger.

"This gives me an indication that it is not all one way traffic in the views and they [the staff] are in a unique position to understand; if they are saying something needs to happen, that is sending up danger signs."

Cr Dickerson was disbelieving.

"Name them," he said.

"I really don't see people organising rallies in favour of amalgamation."

"If Troy believes lots of people are in favour of the merger, where are they? The data (something the government seems to ignore) shows the vast majority of people are against the merger," he said citing the 87.5 per cent against it at the Wellington and Dubbo public Boundaries Commission inquiries.

"It's not a merger; it's a takeover and people in Wellington realise it's a takeover. There will be three years where they keep their jobs and it is no coincidence it is three years until the next state election."

"The reality is Dubbo will probably take staff positions from Wellington."