Following a turn out of about 70 supporters at the draft agenda meeting last week, a large crowd was expected at the meeting.

Supporters are questioning an officer's recommendation that the council hand back the historic pool to the Department of Sustainability and the Environment by September 1.

At the council's draft agenda meeting two councillors voted against the motion to hand back the pool. The Advocate went to print before last night's meeting.

Councillor Bill McClenaghan said the pool was the only body of water in Victoria not covered by public liability. He said he didn't know why it wasn't insured.

The council said it would hand over the pool to the Department of Sustainability if public liability insurance was not reinstated by the State Government.

Hepburn Pool spokesman Brian Hawkes said the recommendation was "premature" because a meeting is to be held in the ministers office in the near future.

"Our contention was that there's another process on the way," he said.

"Ultimately council need to budget to keep it on - it's an asset that should be kept an icon."

Mr Hawkes said the pool was on the same reserve as Hepburn Spa and its redevelopment should not be backed.

"If you give the pool back, then you give the bathhouse back too," he said.

Mr Hawkes said the council should keep pressuring the State Government.

Three months had passed since Attorney General Rob Hulls visited the site and there had been no word since.

The council's corporate services director, Chris Cowley, said the council wanted the minister to decide the outcome.

"We want to bring it to a close. The recommendation is to try and get the minister to make a decision," he said.