The councillors were given copies of the four-page mayoral minute at the meeting on Wednesday night, which started at 6pm.

Prior to commencing discussion on the item, they were given a couple of minutes to read the document and were then invited to ask any questions they had.

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Cr Jacqui Rudge said the matter was too important to determine then and there.

"I can't make a decision like this in such a short period of time. I think it's an important decision to have to source a loan, particularly during this COVID period of time where we're finding budgets tight," she said.

"I can't make a decision for this amount of money in a very short period of time."

Cr John Fry felt the matter shouldn't have been dealt with in a mayoral minute in the first place, also indicating a need for more time.

"I draw your attention to the Code of Conduct. These aren't the exact words, but the mayoral minute should not be used to introduce matters that need to be researched or a lot of consideration for councillors before making a decision, and that's the spirit of the code," he said.

"I feel you're asking us to vote on something that requires us to find an extra $250,000 a year for 10 years at least, no idea where that comes from in the budget, how we pay it back ... we're $44 million under budget for critical infrastructure, so why would we put in a bitumen go-kart track when we face the real possibility of ripping up bitumen roads because we can't afford to fill the potholes?

"My point is, this isn't a mayoral minute, this is just us being steamrolled by you (Bobby Bourke) and your mates."

Speaking to the Western Advocate on Thursday, Cr Bourke said he stood by his decision to put the go-kart funding proposal in a mayoral minute.

He said he contacted each councillor on Tuesday to inform them of his intention to put the item in a mayoral minute to the meeting the next night.

He then worked with senior council staff to ensure he was following the correct process and to determine the details of the mayoral minute.

That document was not finalised until late Wednesday afternoon, and Cr Bourke said it would have been available to councillors from about 4.30pm.

He reaffirmed that the purpose of the mayoral minute was to finally resolve an issue that has been hotly debated, both in the chamber and out in the community.

"It needs to be resolved. I showed that we have to move on with this," Cr Bourke said.

"Why should we have this, every meeting nearly, discussed? It's been discussed in 2015, in 2018, we go on and on and on - the kart club has been trying to get [a track] here for years.

"... This has to be hit on the head, I had to show leadership on this, and through working with my other councillors and management this is the outcome that we got."

The mayoral minute was initially passed, however a rescission motion was submitted the following morning.

It will be dealt with at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, October 29.

Members of the public will be able to watch the meeting live on council's YouTube channel from 2.30pm.