At the council's outcomes committee meeting on Tuesday night, August 9, councillors voted to oppose a further 60 machines being transferred from Harbord Diggers and Manly Bowling Club to Mounties.

Mounties (Mount Pritchard District and Community Club) already has 561 machines.

While the council has no ability to reject the transfer, it must be notified by the club because Fairfield city is categorised as a "band three" council.

The rating reflects Fairfield's high density of machines, high expenditure on poker machines and low socioeconomic status.

Cr Frank Oliveri, a former director of Club Marconi at Bossley Park, said clubs knew Fairfield was a high-earning area for poker machines.

"I want to see council express concern about these licenses being transferred from other parts of Sydney," Cr Oliveri said.

He was supported by Cr Lawrence White, who urged officers to rush the submission to meet the August 19 due date.

"It may not be up to us to approve these licences but it is up to us to object, and I'd like to see a strongly worded objection sent to the OLGR [Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing] to make our position clear," Cr White said.

The report presented to the council also showed a significant number of liquor licences being transferred into Fairfield, with eight applications made to the state government during July, five of which required information from the council.