That’s why the newly elected councillor is putting a notice of motion to Wednesday’s council meeting.

It calls on the council to support the Health Services Union’s campaign to keep the facility open until a full plan on its re-accommodation at the Base Hospital is made public. Secondly, it requests Health Minister Jillian Skinner and Goulburn MP Pru Goward to “urgently consult” with the council about BSHS’s closure.

Finally, the motion asks that Legislative Assembly speaker Shelley Hancock put the request to keep BSHS open until the hospital redevelopment is complete, to the House, “in the interests of good government.”

Cr Ferrara drafted the motion before Thursday’s announcement that the Health District would review timelines for Bourke Street’s shift. It followed public outcry, but also Ms Goward’s representations to Ms Skinner.

Cr Ferrara said the announcement gave no greater certainty.

“There is still no definite timeline,” she said.

“I think the community needs to know the council is behind them and where they stand.”

Cr Ferrara told the Post that many people contacted her following this month’s Politics in the Pub, which debated hospital privatisation and Bourke Street’s future. It motivated the notice of motion but she had also consulted her party, The Greens, which opposed privatisation.

News of the motion followed a question from Marulan man David Humphreys at a council outreach meeting on Tuesday.

Mr Humphreys asked Mayor Bob Kirk why the council hadn’t been more vocal about BSHS, given the importance of oncology and palliative care to the community.

“It’s been played like a ping pong ball,” he said.

Cr Kirk replied it was not a matter that had come before the council, but he was seeking meetings with Ms Goward and health administrators.