Held at Madonna Place and chaired by Laurie Lewin, the evening was attended by the Carramar Carers Group, Leeton Shire Council mayor Paul Maytom, Member for Murrumbidgee Adrian Piccoli as well as plenty of concerned residents.

The carers group has recently stepped up its efforts to prevent the privatisation of the facility after the Wallsend facility was prevented from being sold by the State Government due to tenders not meeting set criteria.

A motion to put on hold the signing of contracts to sell Carramar until the NSW Government can meet with the carers group and council was passed at the meeting.

A second motion was passed by a narrow margin to call on NSW Opposition leader Barry O'Farrell to make a statement that on attaining government he would rescind any contract entered into regarding the sale of Carramar.

Councillor Maytom was pleased with the outcome of the meeting.

"The hall was quite full and I was there to try and explain to the community what council had been doing in relation to this matter and to try and clear-up any misconceptions," he said.

"We know this is a late stage in proceedings with the proposed privatisation, but the public has rallied and would like to see the status quo remained.

"I've contacted council's general manager to see if we could hold a special meeting on Wednesday to formally pass this motion.

"I've spoken to Ken Hampton from Greater Southern Area Health Service and he has spoken to NSW Health who said they were willing to come down to Leeton and discuss the situation."

A special meeting of council has been convened for tomorrow at 5.30pm.

A petition has been circulating the area during the past weeks to help prevent the sale of Carramar and is now on its way to Canberra to be read in parliament.

Carers group president Neil Boardman was pleased the meeting was met with a positive response.

"A lot of people got up and spoke to air their concerns, which was good to see because their concerns were similar to ours so that reinvigorated us a bit too," he said.

"Adrian Piccoli has also said he will be doing whatever he can to help and it was good to get the mayor back on side as well.

"It was a good result."