No April election for Boone Hospital’s board of trustees

There will be no contested races in April for the Boone Hospital Center board of trustees.

Only one candidate filed for each of the two open positions on the board, so there’s no need for the April election and their names won’t appear on your spring ballot. Gary Thompson will fill the five-year term currently held by Dr. Bob McDavid, the former Columbia mayor who’s retiring from the board. Judy Starr will fill the remaining four years of a term that opened when businessman Greg Steinhoff resigned in October.

2023 statistics from Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) show that Boone Hospital Center is the sixth-largest employer in Columbia/Boone County, with 1,581 employees.