Greater Hume Council resolved last night to have the NSW Electoral Commission conduct the upcoming elections, for which $60,000 has been set aside.

But council may have to review that allowance, depending on whether the Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock accepts the recommendations from a recent IPART review.

Greater Hume Council wrote a submission against the recommendation that local governments be charged with the true cost of elections, which would increase the cost by $20,000.

The council was not alone in its objection and Local Government NSW president Linda Scott is pushing for a long-term solution after a one-off $19.9 million grant was announced last week.

Greater Hume general manager Steven Pinnuck had hoped to secure a revised estimate of the 2020 election costs for Wednesday's meeting, but said the best guess was towards $77,000.

"They're [The NSW Electoral Commission] going to wear the head office costs of the election," he said.

"Whereas what IPART was saying was the true cost of elections should be charged to councils ... on some sort of interesting observation that if you increased the cost, you would generate more competition and potentially bring more players into the market to hold the election."

The council elections in September 2016 cost $65,745.

"Past the 2020 elections, it's a watch-this-space as to what happens with the cost of elections in NSW," Mr Pinnuck said.

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Come election time, all those in the Greater Hume Shire will receive a brochure advising them what ward they are in as boundary changes were approved by councillors.

Meanwhile, the development application giving solar developer FRV Services Australia approval to run cables through Schneiders Road was approved with only Councillor Tony Quinn voting against the motion.

Cr Denise Knight said council had to concur with legal advice.

"We don't really have a leg to stand on to challenge this particular thing," she said.

"I believe we just have to follow process."

The deputy mayor election was also held, and Doug Meyer was re-elected for a further 12 months, defeating Cr Matt Hicks.