Shire chief executive officer, Justine Linley, has been in talks with Grampians Tourism chairman Will Flamsteed in relation to the management of the hub and visitor services.

Council is hopeful the board will agree to contract terms for the management of the hub, which will provide a significant boost to Halls Gap and the entire Grampians region.

Mrs Linley said areas to be covered include event management, welcoming visitors, provision of tourist information and many other services that will be provided through the hub.

"We are going through the process of negotiations now," Mrs Linley said.

"Grampians Tourism is a separate board and they will need to sign off on any proposal that is delivered to it by the council. Likewise, council will need to be in agreeance with the contract proposal, so it will be a mutual agreement."

Mrs Linley said the Grampians Tourism board was set to meet at the end of this month. It is hoped negotiations are completed before then.

"Our aim is to have a recommendation to present to the Grampians Tourism board by the end of this month," Mrs Linley said.

"It will be a recommendation that both the chairman of Grampians Tourism and council are happy with. The recommendation will be presented to the board for discussion at their meeting."

Mrs Linley said she was confident in the ability of Grampians Tourism to provide the necessary management of all services at the hub.

"Grampians Tourism are experts in this field," she said.

"Management of visitor services is not a field that local government generally is best placed to deliver.

"We have so many overheads that we have to consider, from award negotiations to structures in place for enterprise bargaining agreements.

"Local government would not be able to deliver the efficiencies at such a hub to a level that we believe could be achieved by an organisation such as Grampians Tourism."

Mrs Linley said sourcing outside management for the community hub was by no means an indication of council shying away from any of its core responsibilities.

"The decision to negotiate a contract for the management of the hub and visitor services doesn't mean we don't value or that we undervalue tourism across the Grampians region," she said.

"It's not about money saving or cost cutting, it's quite the opposite.

"It is because we do value tourism in the region, that we want to make certain we have the right people managing the hub and delivering these services.

"We will be making sure we provide the best possible services for the entire region and will be working through all the options available to us and Grampians Tourism over the next couple of months."