Council members Carolyn Dull, R. Terry Holmes and Brenda Mead hereby call a special meeting of the Staunton City Council. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 11,2022,at7:00 p.m., local time, in the Rita S. Wilson Council Chambers, City Hall, 116 West Beverley Street. The purpose of the meeting is for Council:

• to receive a briefing from the city manager concerning the possible relocation of the courts of the County of Augusta from the City of Staunton to a location in the county and the city's possible acquisition of the county's court facilities in the city, when vacated by the county;
• to review and discuss proposed legislation concerning authorization for Augusta County to hold a referendum in 2022 concerning the possible relocation of its courts to a location in the county;
• to receive questions from the public concerning the possible relocation of the county's courts and the city's possible acquisition of the county's vacated court facilities, and to respond to those questions;
• to conduct a public hearing on the same subjects; and
• to discuss and consider the inclusion on Council's meeting agenda for January 13,2022, of a public hearing on the same subjects and reconsideration by Council of its related actions on December 9,2021.

We request that the Interim Clerk of Council disseminate, post and provide notice of this memorandum in accordance with Chapter II, Section 7, of the Staunton City Charter and the Virginia Freedom of lnformation Act, and otherwise widely publicize notice of this memorandum. We also request that the Interim Clerk of Council email a copy of this memorandum to all members of City Council.

Meeting Agenda for January 11, 2022