Controversial Sydney property developer Salim Mehajer is set to lose his job as Auburn deputy mayor but it hasn't dented his trademark confidence.
His council role will end when Auburn merges with Holroyd Council under government plans to cut 43 Sydney councils down to 25.
Not that it worries the man who wants to one day be prime minister.
"I have my positive mindset. Despite the change, I believe the outcome will be great," he told AAP.
"The mind is a powerful tool when you fill it with positive things."
The embattled deputy mayor, who recently appeared in court three times in one day on separate matters, took a philosophical approach to the changes.
"My position is not considered as a `job' - it's more so a volunteer-based position," he said.
"One that revolves around working solely for the community."
When asked if he would stand in the amalgamated council elections slated for March 2017, Mr Mehajer said it was too early to comment.
NSW Premier Mike Baird has previously used the flamboyant Mr Mehajer as an argument for council reform with Mr Mehajer finding himself caught up in multiple court cases and conflict of interest disputes.
"What you're seeing there (in Auburn) is a good example of why we need reform in local councils," Mr Baird said in October.
Mr Mehajer has resisted numerous calls from fellow councillors to resign as deputy mayor following his headline-making, traffic-stopping wedding in August.
"Since the wedding, every single thing that has happened with him has been negative and it is damaging the reputation of the council, and it is damaging the reputation of the local government," said Auburn councillor Irene Simms last month.
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