Friend Of Douglas Shire, the group heading the push for deamalgamation of the former Douglas Shire, is undergoing the laborious process of reviewing the petition which attracted around 2500 signatures to ensure it is valid before being submitted to the Minister for Local Government.

FODS spokesperson Robert Hanan is pleased with the response of the community.

"We know we've passed the figure that we needed. We've got probably 2500 signatures and we're still in the process of checking off," he said.

The complete submission, including the petition and a comprehensive report outlining the details of the proposed deamalgamation, will be submitted to the Minister for Local Government, David Crisafulli, later this week.

Mr Crisafulli will then decide whether he would refer the submission to Boundaries Commissioner, Col Meng.

"The Boundaries Commissioner will then take the report and make his own investigations, specifically in relation to the financial information we provided, and the financial information he gets from Council," Mr Hanan said.

"He will then make a recommendation to the Minister by the 28th of November, and the Minister will announce his decision about which councils get the nod on the 14th of December."

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A 'Yes' from the Minister would result in a referendum in March next year by which time Queensland Treasury would have done assessments on the financial model and made information public so residents could make an informed decision.

"We need to be in contact with Queensland Treasury while they're doing that because if they make assumptions that are way outside the ball park then we need the opportunity to address that," Mr Hanan said.

The process of deamalgamation is estimated at between $3 million and $4 million, money that would initially be borrowed by a re-formed Douglas Shire Council.

"We will have to pay for it but that's incorporated in that $3 million to $4 million," Mr Hanan said.

"It's also predicated on the assumption that we don't get anything back from them (Council) in terms of the $25 million cash equivalent (assets held by Douglas Shire Council at the time of amalgamation)."

Mr Hanan said the Boundaries Commissioner was "startled" by the inability of FODS to access Council records on revenue sourced from Division 10 through rates and charges.

"The line Val (former Cairns Regional Council Mayor Val Schier) said at the time which she clung to was that Council doesn't do divisional accounting.

"What in actual fact they're saying by saying that is they can't track where their money is coming from, which is an absurdity.

"Imagine putting your tax return in (and saying) 'I don't know where that money came from,' it's really stupid."

Mr Hanan said FODS have had no luck accessing this information from the Bob Manning led Council, but added "The Boundaries Commissioner can insist he be given that information."

He reiterated the view of fellow FODS spokesperson Michael Gabour saying council rates would not decrease under a deamalgamated Douglas Shire Council.

"That just doesn't happen," he said.