Alderman Peck will call on aldermen to agree to council support for the controversial mill.

Alderman Peck said yesterday that he had decided to bring the notice of motion to the last council meeting for the year for debate to try to redress a successful motion regarding the pulp mill put by Alderman Jeremy Ball some time ago.

``That meant that the council couldn't support the mill and has it laid on the table ever since,'' Alderman Peck said.

``But this is a new council now after the elections and a new ball game so that things can be brought back to the meeting to be debated.''

Alderman Peck said that he believed the council should have a motion that was supportive of the pulp mill on the table.

``If the pulp mill development is successful and proceeds, Launceston will be the major economic beneficiary from the construction and operational aspects,'' he said.

``The economy of the state is in dire need of a boost and the mill will certainly create jobs and economic growth.

``The enormous flow on from this development will boost the community and provide much needed work for many types of industries and businesses large and small.''

Alderman Peck's notice of motion would probably not have had the support to be passed from the previous council.

But the new aldermen elected in November have given him the confidence that the numbers might be there now to get his motion through.