The Lord Mayor has stood by Council's decision to support skydiving at Stuart Park on an ongoing basis and says any issue with Council giving the long-term operators, Skydive the Beach, a "sweetheart deal" is "history" and "in the past".

At this week's Council meeting, two speakers raised objections to skydiving continuing at Stuart Park, claiming the site was a "public park" and as such it should not be handed over to a commercial operator to make a profit.

The objectors also claimed Council was forgoing about $500,000 a year by agreeing to a commercial arrangement that Cr David Brown later described as "a sweetheart deal".

In an interview with The Illawarra Flame, Lord Mayor Cr Tania Brown said she and other councillors strongly supported a continuation of skydiving in Stuart Park and "I don't want to rehash what's in the past."

She was referring to questions raised about whether Council and ratepayers were getting full value for money by allowing skydiving on a prime piece of the city's real estate.

Cr Brown said, "I've accepted the legal advice we've received that skydiving in the park is not contrary to any legislation."

When asked if she was comfortable that Council had been involved in a "sweetheart deal" with the skydive operators over many years and forgoing significant revenue in the process, Cr Brown said "what's in the past, is in the past" and the commercial arrangement "was based on conditions at the time".

Cr Brown said the existing commercial agreement was made before she was elected to Council and "the market at the time determined the rent".

The Lord Mayor said she had no intention of reviewing the reasons why decisions had been taken in the past. Her focus would be on the future.

"Now we can go back to support skydiving at Stuart Park with a new lease by open market tender."

Cr Brown said she didn't know the timeframe for that process to happen.