IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFPETTIS COUNTY, MISSOURICIVIL DIVISIONIN RE:FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTNO. ONEOF PETTIS COUNTY,MISSOURIPetitioner.23PT-CC00129NOTICE OF HEARING TOAPPROVE PETITION FORANNEXATION OF REALPROPERTY INTO THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO.ONE OF PETTIS COUNTY,MISSOURIYOU ARE HEREBY notified that an action has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Pettis County, Missouri, by petition, the object and general nature of which is to annex certain real property into the Fire Protection District No. One of Pettis County, Missouri. Said real property was under the former protection of the Smithton Rural Fire Association and is legally described as: THOSE PARTS OF SECTION 25, 26, 33, 34, 35 AND 36 OF TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, AND THOSE PARTS OF SECTION 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 AND 36 OF TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, ALL FORMERLY PART OF THE SMITHTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF PETTIS COUNTY, MISSOURI. The Fire Protection District No. One of Pettis County, Missouri received an Initiative Petition signed by Two Hundred Sixty-Seven (267) certified voters representing more than twenty-five percent (25.0%) of the persons who voted in the last gubernatorial election and who reside in the area to be annexed. The Fire Protection District No. One of Pettis County, Missouri has subsequently adopted a Resolution approving the annexation of said real property and has filed a Petition herein seeking to approve the annexation of said real property, subject to the election provided in section 321.301 RSMo. Petitioner's attorney is James P. Buckley, BUCKLEY & BUCKLEY, 121 E. 4th Street, Sedalia, MO 65301. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested to appear before the Honorable R Paul Beard, at the Pettis County Courthouse, 415 S. Ohio, Sedalia, MO, on the 17th day of October, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the cause may be heard, to show cause, if any, why the Petition should not be granted. IT IS ORDERED that a copy hereof be published according to the law in the Sedalia Democrat, a newspaper of general circulation published in Pettis County, Missouri. A true copy from the record. Witness my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court of Pettis County, Missouri, this 30th day of August, 2023. /s/ Susan Sadler Pettis County Circuit Court Clerk 4x-9/2, 9, 16, 23, 2023