PLANS to change council elections to every four years could be rejected by Cheltenham Borough Council.
A working party looking at the switch – which could save the authority £26,000 a year – is due to report back to members later this month.
Currently, the authority sees half of its councillors elected every two years.
But there have been calls for some have every seat up for grabs every four years.
A cross-party working group, set up in March to look at the idea, will report its findings to the council on July 22 when councillors will be asked to either progress the idea or scrap it completely.
Councillor Jon Walklett (LD, St Paul's), cabinet member for corporate services, chaired the working group.
He said the numerical superiority of the Liberal Democrats – who had opposed the move – would be crucial when a vote was taken by the council on the proposal.
He said: "We are looking to make the most of a reducing amount of money from central Government.
"But I feel the people of Cheltenham appreciate the opportunity to vote every couple of years and have their say on how the council is doing.
"I think therefore that the £26,000 is a very small price to pay."
Councillor Rob Garnham (C, Park), Conservative group leader, disagreed.
He believed moving to a four-yearly election cycle should be a "simple choice".
He said: "I am hugely disappointed, given the number of Liberal Democrat councillors, that the vote will be lost to change the election cycle.
"We should be moving to a four-year cycle.
"Not only would it save £100,000 over four years, but also the council would have greater direction and we would get rid of the months of apathy that we see after every election currently."
The report on election cycles also suggests plans to cut the number of councillors at the council should be postponed until a clearer picture of Cheltenham's housing future becomes known.