The City of Stirling has persuaded the WA Government to help pay for the clean up of a whale carcass on Scarborough Beach.

The carcass washed up on the beach in Perth's north early last month and forced the closure of beaches as it was attracting sharks.

A decision was made to take it to the Tamala Park landfill site in Perth's northern suburbs.

It took three days and $188,000 to have the carcass cleaned up and removed.

A rift emerged between the City of Stirling, the State Government and Fisheries over who should pay the bill.

City of Stirling Mayor Giovanni Italiano has been fighting to have the State Government reimburse the council for the clean-up.

He told 720 ABC Perth the Premier had written to him agreeing to pay half the cost.

"Something is better than nothing," he said.

"We know that the money is tight in State Government, so again I stress we're really thankful that the Premier has looked after us in that vein and it's really great that he's come to the party.

"I think he should be applauded for that because he could have turned around and said 'no it's on your beach, it's your responsibility'."

Mr Italiano said he still believed the full amount should have been reimbursed to the council from the Emergency Services levy.

"I strongly believe that," he said.

"We have sent to the State Government $26.3 million for emergencies and maybe this 90-odd thousand dollars is coming from that emergency fund.

"I really don't know, but my gut feeling tells me we should have been paid the whole lot."