Whakatāne District Council elected members and senior management representatives hope to meet with the family of the toddler who drowned in Sullivan's Lake.
Police, who described the death as a potential drowning, said emergency services were alerted to the incident at 8.45am on Sunday. No further details have been released.
The Rotorua Daily Post understands the body of the toddler has been returned to family and he is now at Te Pahou Marae on the outskirts of Whakatāne.
The council's manager of public affairs, Ross Boreham, said a meeting would be sought so council members and staff could express their heartfelt condolences.
"The loss the family is dealing with is huge and the fact that this has happened in a much-loved local park is also extraordinarily upsetting for everyone who lives around or visits the Sullivan Lake Reserve."