Annexation Negotiations

BOONE, Iowa---The Boone City Council has voted 5-to-2 to negotiated an agreement between the Council and several businesses in the Boone Industrial Park regarding possible annexation. The Boone Industrial Park was identified in an annexation study as a possible area for annexation. Businesses have testified before the Council that such action would certainly cost the city jobs if not the businesses themselves. The annexation study is yet to be completed, but the majority of the Council would like to see what can be worked out with the businesses. Any proposal would go through legal review before being presented to the Council at their next meeting.