A special meeting of Galway City Council will take place to discuss plans to relocate City Hall to a new site on the outskirts of the city.
The local authority bought the facility at the Crown Square development on Monivea Road, along with 200 car parking spaces, in 2022.
A €45.5 million loan was secured from the Housing Finance Agency to fund the purchase.
The site is still not occupied or fully fitted out and there are now growing concerns among councillors about the purchase of the building, additional costs that are being incurred, and the manner in which the proposed move will take place.
Officials say the Crown Square acquisition allows the council to have a modern fit-for-purpose building, in a feasible time frame, to address current capacity issues.
It plans to complete the move to the new premises in autumn 2026.
Members of the Fórsa trade union staged a protest before today's council meeting to voice their concerns about several aspects of the proposed relocation. It says services will be diminished by the proposal and it is critical of the manner in which the relocation process has been handled.
The council's Chief Executive Leonard Cleary acknowledged the issues and said the local authority would listen to staff and unions who had concerns.
However, Mr Cleary contended that only "a very small number" of staff were opposed to the move. Fórsa said a recent survey found 90% of its members were against the plan.
After some discussion this afternoon, a proposal to hold a special meeting was made by Fine Gael Councillor Clodagh Higgins and was passed by a majority of councillors.
It is expected the dedicated meeting will take place in the coming weeks, at which further detail will be presented to elected representatives.
