{"id":60,"date":"2017-01-19T05:29:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T05:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:09:03","slug":"commissioners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The primary objective of the Columbus Redevelopment Commission is to promote and encourage economic development within the City of Columbus. The Director and staff of the Redevelopment Department support and facilitate the work of the Commissioners. Projects of the Redevelopment Commissioners are funded from Tax Incremental Financing (TIF)<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Redevelopment Commissioners<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Redevelopment Commission is comprised of five (5) voting members and one non-voting member. The Mayor of the Columbus appoints three (3) voting commissioners; the Columbus City Council appoints two (2) voting commissioners; and the Bartholomew County School Corporation appoints one (1) non-voting member. All voting commissioners serve a one-year term, the non-voting member serves a two-year term and all commissioners are eligible for annual re-appointment. The Commission annually elects a President, Vice President and Secretary. All powers and duties of the Columbus Redevelopment Commission are exercised under Indiana Code 36-7-14.5<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Name<\/th>Term<\/th>Begins<\/th>Expires<\/th>Appointed By<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jim Lienhoop<\/td>1 Year<\/td>01\/01\/26<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trena Carter<\/td>1 year<\/td>01\/01\/26<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cynthia Boll<\/td>1 Year<\/td>01\/01\/26<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Ballard<\/td>1 Year<\/td>01\/01\/26<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>City Council<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shannon McDonald<\/td>1 Year<\/td>01\/01\/26<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>City Council<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Major<\/td>2 Years<\/td>01\/01\/25<\/td>12\/31\/26<\/td>BCSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nAttorney: Mary Stroh
\nMeets: 3rd Monday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall, unless the original date falls on a City recognized holiday which constitutes rescheduling to the following Monday.
\n<\/span>\n\n

2026 Officers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trena Carter – President
\nShannon McDonald – Vice President
\nCynthia Boll – Secretary<\/p>\n

Voting Commissioners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott Ballard
\nJim Lienhoop
\nTrena Carter
\nCynthia Boll
\nShannon McDonald<\/p>\n

Non-Voting Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Major, BCSC Liaison<\/p>\n

City Council Liaison to Redevelopment \u2013 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Kestler<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 16:37:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/redevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}