Boone County
Industrial Development Authority

The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of the County of Boone is a local quasi-governmental corporation organized under Chapter 349 of the Revised Statute of Missouri. The IDA was formed in 1979 to facilitate the issuance of tax-free industrial development bonds for the development of commercial, industrial, agricultural and manufacturing facilities in the county. The IDA is governed by a nine member board that is appointed by the Boone County Commission.

Members:

Members of the IDA must be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the county or municipality. No member shall be an officer or employee of the county or municipality. Members shall be a resident taxpayer for at least one year prior to their appointment. Members are appointed by the Boone County Commission for a term of 6 years and no less than three members of the Board shall reside in unincorporated areas of Boone County. One member of the Boone County Commission serves on the IDA as a non-voting member. Currently Presiding Commissioner Ken Pearson represents the Commission on the IDA Board. The Board currently employees a Legal Counsel, who also acts as point of contact for the board regarding all offical communication and legal matters. Contact information for our current legal counsel is listed below.

Current IDA Members
Name	Role	Organization	Term expires	Township	E-mail
J. Scott Christianson	President		08/31/2011		jsc@kalvideo.com
Richard Shanker			10/31/2015
Shann Sievers	interim		08/31/2011		ssievers@mem-ins.com
Gary Fennewald	Vice-President		10/07/2015		gfennewald@socket.net
Rockne Corbin			11/18/2015		rpcorbin@gmail.com
Thomas M. Schneider	Legal Counsel
Greg Bier	Interim		08/31/2011		bierg@missouri.edu
Thomas Nelson	Interim		12/31/2011		thomas.r.nelson@usbank.com
Jim Schepers	Treasurer		08/31/2011
Bob Drainer			12/31/2011

Legal Counsel and Point of Contact:

Tom Schneider
11 North Seventh Street
Columbia MO 65201
Phone: 573-449-2451
Email: tms@11-7law.com

Meetings:

The IDA Board meets as needed throughout the year and generally meets in the Commission Chambers at the Boone County Goverment Center. The IDA holds an annual meeting at 7:30 p.m., on the third Monday in October of each year.

2007 IDA Grant Program

The Boone Country Industrial Development Authority is currently accepting proposals for its 2007 grant program.  This grant program funds projects that benefit the citizens of Boone County, with an emphasis on job creation and job training. The IDA will accept proposals from not-for-profit and governmental organizations for project funding. The postmark deadline for all applications is July 31st.  The Application Packet and sample financial statement can be downloaded by clicking on the names of the documents below:

• IDA 2007 Grant Application Packet (.pdf format file)
• IDA 2007 Sample Financial Statement (MS Word format file)

IDA Documents

The following IDA Documents can be downloaded in .pdf format by clicking on the name of the document below:

• IDA Declaration of Policies and Procedures (.pdf format file)