The vote could see the council join forces with Meander Valley and West Tamar in resource sharing.

The councils will seek to benchmark the financial performance of a tri-council resource sharing initiative.

The benchmarking process, if approved, would be the first step in delivering a shared service approach to governance.

Northern Midlands Mayor David Downie said the councillors had indicated support for the initiative at a workshop last month.

"The councillors agreed to pursue it in principle in the workshop, now we've discussed it," Cr Downie said.

"The three mayors got together with their general managers and we're now formulating a formal process on how we can do due diligence into pursuing this further."

The official vote will be held at the Northern Midlands Council's April 20 meeting at Longford.

The move to open resource sharing options between the regional councils was sparked by individual meetings with Local Government Minister Peter Gutwein in February.

Mr Gutwein encouraged the councils to explore the benchmarking of financial and service delivery measures by using an independent consultant.

"The government wants to see us more financially sound," Cr Downie said.

"If we can stand more on our own two feet, then we can help our communities in a better way.

"The more financially sound we can be, the more we can stimulate our communities and help them to prosper."

He said the council was yet to accept an invitation to discuss amalgamations with the Launceston City Council.

"I don't know where we'll go with the city council," Cr Downie said.

The concept of resource sharing is not new to the Northern Midlands Council, which has in the past compiled reports and information regarding the matter.

"We have been trying to get resource sharing going, but we've achieved very little in the past," Cr Downie said.

"I think there has been some complacency. People were happy with the way things were going.

"This time, from our meeting with the mayors and general managers, there's a fair bit of enthusiasm in the room to seriously have a look at resource sharing."