There were no surprises in last night's Lismore City Council meeting with most items of concern passing unanimously or with a majority including the Dawson Street intersection.

Read the earlier story: Highway is the 'Berlin Wall' as residents fight for lights

Mayor Vanessa Ekin's motion had every councillor on board as they voted to make a submission to Transport NSW that the priority pedestrian and road network improvements for Ballina Road are at the Dawson Street intersection and not at Molesworth Street, as is the current plan.

Plus, write to NSW Minister for Transport and Roads, NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin to support the 2019 funding decision to upgrade the Dawson Street intersection.

Mayor Ekins said that "we have heard pretty loudly and clearly from our community over the past few weeks, we've had emails, we've seen social media and the petitioning that's been going on and it's time for us to send a strong message to the department about Dawson Street that we want Dawson Street upgraded."

Mayor Ekins referred to public speaker Anne Meagher who said the history of the project dates back to 2015 when it was raised with former Local member Thomas George, then-Mayor Jenny Dowell and Traffic NSW about pedestrian issues and traffic congestion.

"In 2018 a promise was made, the concept plans completed and it was ready to go," she said.

There was a consultation two weeks ago that councillors attended with staff where councillors asked for evidence as to why Molesworth Street was being presented as the priority from the Department of Transport.

"We are still waiting for that information, even after we have consistently asked for it, Mayor Ekins said.

"We have families that can't even walk their children to school that's hundreds of metres away, they can't go to the shops across the road and they can't get their takeaway dinners."

Cnr Adam Guise used stronger language to make his point, "This was an election promise that the government has reneged on.

The response is wholly inadequate and entirely unacceptable. We aren't prioritising the safety of our community."

Cr Neil Marks calling the vote a 'no brainer' saying the current plan provides nothing for pedestrians to cross safely across Ballina Road.

Now, we wait for the State Government response to see if they listen to or ignore the Lismore City Council and the community.

The vote to keep Cr Neil marks on as Deputy Mayor was a straight forward affair, another unanimous vote to continue "business as usual" until the December council elections according to Cr Elly Bird.

The two Code of Conduct matters were discussed and voted on in a closed session.

The results that were recorded for the minutes determined "That council do not accept the recommendation of the conduct reviewer because Council does not agree with the findings."

This was the case for both Code of Conduct matters.

This was one of the closest votes of the night with Councillors Ekins, Guise, Lloyd and Moorhouse voting 'for' and Councillors Marks, Bird and Cook voting against.

Councillor Nancy Casson was absent from the vote which suggests both Codes of Conduct were against her after she voted in the legal matter that was also in the closed session.