The Archer St entrance was narrowed considerably, presumably as part of the design objectives for phase 3 of the redevelopment of Queen Elizabeth Park and the cemetery.
It caused a furore, with 400 people signing a petition to reopen the gateway to cars.
Mr Goodwin has attached a letter from reinstatement advocate Kevin Fearon, who said councillors who voted against a favoured reinstatement option in May appeared to do so from "genuine concern" over the financial cost.
He said it was disappointing those councillors had not been told, or did not understand, that money for that option was already on hand from private contributions.
According to council engineer Ian Steer, the money needed to do the work would be about $7000. Mr Fearon said he had discussed the work involved with contractors Bruce Buchanan Ltd.
If the council changed its mind and went with the favoured option to reinstate the gateway, Mr Fearon would give his "personal guarantee" all work carried out by the contractor would be to the satisfaction of Mr Steer and there would be no cost to the council or its ratepayers.
On May 28, reinstatement was opposed by Simon O'Donoghue, Mark Harris, Jonathan Hooker, Pip Hannon and Mayor Lyn Patterson, with Mr McClymont abstaining having declared a vested interest. Those who had favoured reopening the entranceway to cars were Mr Goodwin, Gary Caffell, Doug Bracewell, David Holmes and Chris Peterson.
In the lead-up to tomorrow's council meeting, the Times-Age polled councillors to determine the level of support for Mr Goodwin's notice of motion and whether there was likely to be a change in the vote.
Mr Goodwin, as presenter of the notice of motion, would support it and Mr Caffell said he would give unqualified support.
Mr Holmes: "I will be backing Brent on it, there is no way I'm changing my vote.'
Safety was the prime reason Mr Bracewell said he would also be backing the notice of motion.
"For me, the issue is the cars that now have to enter the park to get to the cemetery.
"There are lots of them, especially during the cricket season, along with kids on skateboards and we have elderly people trying to get into the cemetery."
Mr Peterson said he was likely to support the notice of motion, although he was "sitting on the fence a bit". He would visit the site before the vote.
Mr Hooker said there was no way he would be changing his vote and he would continue to support the status quo.
Mr Harris said his reasons for supporting the status quo were contained in the council's confidential pink papers and he was not free to discuss them.
He said the 400-strong petition could be countered by saying that left many thousands of ratepayers who had not signed up to it and their views were unknown.
His vote was likely to remain the same as in late May.
Ms Hannon's only comment was "just wait until Wednesday and see". Mr O'Donoghue said he had no comment other than to say "Masterton seems to resist change".
Mr McClymont said he was staying out of it and would again abstain.
He said he was "not a flip-flopper" and still had the problem of having a vested interest, owing to being the manufacturer of concrete pillars due to be installed near the lychgate.
Mrs Patterson was away from Masterton when the councillors were polled but is expected to be at tomorrow's meeting and to not be a supporter of Mr Goodwin's notice of motion.
