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Harrisonville aldermen approve tax abatement for Staying Home Corporation
Summary
The Board of Aldermen voted to authorize a real property tax abatement for Staying Home Corporation after a staff presentation and a unanimous recommendation from the NES Enterprise Zone board; no members of the public spoke at the hearing.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Harrisonville approved a real property tax abatement for Staying Home Corporation during a public hearing and vote at its meeting. The motion to approve was made by Alderman Fouch and seconded by Alderman Franklin; the roll call vote was 6–0 with Aldermen Doerhoff and Cheney excused, and the measure became Resolution 2025-4.
Mr. Clark, city staff, told the board the enterprise zone board had unanimously recommended approval and that Staying Home Corporation is an existing employer in Harrisonville. "They've increased from 3 employees to approximately 50 or 55 employees," Mr. Clark said, and he reported that of those employees about 44 live in Cass County and 22 live in Harrisonville. Clark added the company started operations in 2012, purchased seven acres at its current site in 2016, and plans to construct a 10,000-square-foot building to separate powder-coating operations from other work.
The nut of the application, Clark said, was that the proposed new building would reduce the company's monthly cash outflow by about $2,000 compared with continuing to lease nearby space. He also told the board he had provided a staff report and a PowerPoint to the NES Enterprise Zone board on Dec. 4; staff recommended approval of the abatement.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. After closing the hearing, the board voted on Council Bill 07, a resolution authorizing the tax abatement; the motion passed on the roll call described above and the mayor declared the resolution adopted as Resolution 2025-4.
The abatement is intended to support local business expansion and job retention by reducing the company's property tax burden for the qualifying improvement. The city record provided in the meeting packet included the applicant's completed application and staff calculations of the abatement's estimated effect on school-district property-tax revenue, which Mr. Clark said were available for aldermen to review.
