Although the Local Government Association of Tasmania president and Dorset Council Mayor feels he may not see it in his lifetime, he believes one council made up of - George Town, Dorset, Flinders and Break O'Day, could be the answer to significant reform in the region.

Local Government Minister Peter Gutwein will meet with each of the councils next month.

Discussion around amalgamations and local government reform has never been too far off the table, as people question the need for so many councils with a relatively small statewide population of around 500,000.

The last major overhaul was in 1993 when the then Liberal Ray Groom government reduced the number of councils from 46 to 29, where it sits today.

Prior to this there were three government inquiries in 1939, 1960 and 1974 which sought to reduce the number of councils.

Cr Jarvis has never been shy about discussing amalgamations and has been open about pursuing discussions around resource sharing and more, with George Town Council in recent years.

"I can see as a geographic and demographic, the North East corner of George Town, Dorset, Break O'Day and Flinders - as one council," he said.

"We have a magnificent coastline, we've got a lot of tourists but we haven't got enough crunch, or dollars, to promote it as an individual.

"But if we were collectively promoting the same thing, we've got the wine region, Pyengana cheese, you've got Bay of Fires, you've got all of those beautiful islands, so as a product, you've got 21-22,000 people.

"The land size makes it big but as a collective and you could do some good things."

He said you could keep the numbers of councillors and then slowly reduce them as Penguin and Ulverstone (Central Coast Council) had done from about 16, to 12 and now to 9, and they have a population of around 22,000.

"We've got 7000 (in Dorset), it doesn't make sense," he said.

"We're more accessible than we've ever been (with technology but people are hesitant - I don't know why."

Prior to the last election Cr Jarvis said he sought to reduce the number of Dorset councillors from nine to seven, but was told no - however he feels the electorate could operate with five.

Other mayors asked about amalgamations in recent months have been relatively open about which way they may go, although this is known to change in an instant.

In recent months, Launceston City Council Mayor Albert van Zetten has voiced his agreement for amalgamations and wants the government to lead it, while West Tamar Mayor Christine Holmdahl described it as the most pressing issue to the council but it does not believe in being forced and Latrobe Mayor Peter Freshney has said he sees no financial or community benefit.

Local Government Minister Peter Gutwein will meet a small group of council representatives from each electorate at three regional meetings in mid to late February.

The association sought to and will sit in, on those discussions.

Mr Gutwein has said the meetings sought to discuss process, timeframes and how they could be supportive, as council's would need to conduct feasibility studies.