Auburn Council, which made headlines due to the antics of controversial Deputy Mayor Salim Mehajer, has challenged the decision of the NSW Local Government Minister to suspend its operation during a public inquiry.

The inquiry, announced last week, will examine allegations a number of Auburn councillors misused their positions to obtain significant planning outcomes for themselves, associated companies, friends, relatives or other councillors.

Local Government Minister Paul Toole said the council would need to make a convincing argument to avoid being suspended.

The council said it welcomed the public inquiry, after raising the matter at a meeting originally organised to discuss a submission to the Boundaries Commission regarding proposed council amalgamations.

But Cr Mehajer argued to ask the Minster for an extension of time for council to make its submission, and for more details on the allegations against the council.

Afterwards, Cr Mehajer said the way the media had covered Auburn council made the meeting necessary.

"The message the media and selected councillors have portrayed onto Auburn council have left the Minister no choice but to undertake this inquiry," he told the ABC.

"If I was in his shoes I'll [sic] do the same.

"I am sure that the Minister Paul Toole will not suspend the entire council."

Mr Toole has said he would suspend councillors for the duration of the inquiry unless the council could put forward a convincing case against the move within the next 14 days.

The council is also one of several NSW councils facing amalgamation.

If the council is stood down, and is amalgamated, Wednesday's meeting will have been the last in its 68-year history.

It's cruel to suspend the 'poor four': councillor

Councillor Irene Simms told 702 ABC Sydney that Mr Toole had every right to suspend the council, but she hoped he realised that not all the councillors were the same.

"It seems cruel to suspend the four councillors who have fought tooth and nail to stop what we've perceived as the favouritism and self-serving," Cr Simms said.

"Given all the media coverage there's no question of who they [are], [they've] been clearly divided in the media to the 'super six and the poor four', there's no blurred lines here, it's them or it's us.

"We're asking for the council to remain and saying we'll be on our best behaviour.

"I fully support the investigation.

"The 'poor four' as Salim called us, we actually put it on the agenda that we should write to the Minister and ask for an inquiry."

Salim Mehajer with his bride Aysha first gained notoriety when their lavish wedding shut down a Lidcombe street. ( Facebook )

She said her faction of councillors objected to a number of planning issues.

"A lot of these planning proposals are councillor-driven, not driven by an applicant in the community," Cr Simms said.

"But we've been very public about how this is wrong.

"The suspension may well run into the amalgamation issue and then it's just a very sad ending to Auburn Council."

Cr Mehajer said he supported the inquiry.

"Any wrongdoings by a particular councillor or member of the council staff should be sacked immediately as the council and greater community should not suffer due to a consequence of other members' poorly guided actions," Cr Mehajer said.

A spokesman for Mr Toole told the ABC that Auburn council had a 14-day period to present a case to the Minister as to why it was in the public interest they are not suspended, after which the Minister will respond.

"The act only allows for the suspension of the full council and not individual councillors," he said.

North Sydney Council will also be subject to a public inquiry after allegations of conflict and dysfunction.

Mr Toole said the inquiry followed the repeated failure of North Sydney councillors to address serious performance issues resulting from the poor relationship between them.

However, unlike Auburn council, there are no plans to suspend North Sydney Council during the inquiry.