Elected officials from Oberon, Cabonne and Shellharbour, along with their city counterparts from Mosman, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai and Strathfield councils, penned an open letter to the Premier urging him to reconsider the forced amalgamation process.

Oberon’s proposed forced merger with Bathurst Regional Council remains on hold while Oberon fights the decision in the Land and Environment Court.

"As the democratically elected leaders of over a quarter of a million residents in both rural and urban NSW, we are disturbed by the processes adopted in the recent proposals to forcibly amalgamate councils," the group wrote.

"These inquiries undertook no polling of local communities and the delegate reports largely ignored the overwhelming majority of articulate and deeply felt submissions opposed to the proposals. In our view this process was neither democratic nor fair.

"We request that you respond to the wishes of our communities by suspending the threat of forced amalgamations for all councils in NSW for the foreseeable future."

The letter also requested a meeting to "hear our concerns first hand that the process to date has been undemocratic and, importantly, to discuss alternative ways of meeting your Government’s strategic objectives" and that the NSW Government agree to conduct a poll with residents and ratepayers about amalgamations.

Mosman mayor Peter Abelson said he invited the councils to attend a meeting in Mosman prior to penning the letter so that elected officials had the opportunity to jointly convey their concerns to the Premier.

The letter requested a response from the Premier within a week and the group will meet again soon.