Wangaratta Council has received a wide range of submissions in the past week following a community campaign to rename Faithfull Street.

The road is named after George Faithfull, who was involved in the shooting deaths of Indigenous people in 1838.

Mayor Dean Rees will move a motion at Tuesday night's council meeting, urging staff to consult with the Indigenous community about a possible name change.

But it appears the community prefers other actions be taken instead of a name change.

"Initial high-level consultation with local Indigenous people, suggests that renaming may not be the favoured course of action, and that all history is important and should be retold and learned from," a report notes.

Cr Rees' motion states alternative recognition of the area's cultural history may be appropriate.

He said those he had spoken to "indicated that they don't want to eradicate history".

"And does this open up a Pandora's box for other street names and things named after influential people in our community who have done wrongs?" he said.

"It is a part of our history.

"We can recognise through plaques and storyboards the story of George Faithfull and the fights and turmoil he had, and what the Aboriginal people suffered at this hands."

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Cr Rees has received about 12 letters from members of the public, with more keen to retain the name than change it.

He has spoken to the Dirrawarra Indigenous Network and a person linked to Pangerang elder Freddie Dowling.

"This motion is about making sure we're talking to stakeholders and the Aboriginal community to see what their thoughts are," he said.

"We've already started that process.

"It's delicate ground on which we are treading.

"To make the right decisions, we want to make sure we're talking to the right people and the community as a whole.

"We need to be mindful of keeping our history, our heritage, but also reporting the facts and getting recognition and reconciliation to make sure we can all work together."