Choices to be made throughout the county on Tuesday

On Tuesday, voters will head to the polls to resolve the destiny of candidates and proposals round Oakland County. Right here’s a take a look at what will likely be on the poll.

Auburn Hills Metropolis Council
Voters in Auburn Hills will get to decide on 4 candidates for his or her open metropolis council seats.

Candidates embrace incumbents Jack Ferguson, Eugene Hawkins III (Mayor Professional Tem), Henry Knight and newcomers Michael Lengthy, Ron Moniz and Greg Ouellette for the seven member metropolis council.

The highest three vote getters will earn four-year phrases and fourth place will earn a two-year time period.

Hawkins III serves on the general public security advisory committee, Ferguson is on the planning fee and Knight is on the Brownfield redevelopment authority.

Berkley Metropolis Council
Berkley voters will select three council members for the incumbents Steve Baker and Dennis Hennen and newcomers Gary Elrod, Josh Stapp and Catherine Wade.

Hennen was first elected in 2017 and Baker earned his seat again in 2009.

The town is urging in-person voters to be conversant in alternate routes and parking on the Berkley Excessive College precinct resulting from ongoing development.

The highest three vote getters will earn four-year phrases.

Mayor Bridget Dean is operating unopposed.

Birmingham Metropolis Fee
Three out of 5 candidates operating for metropolis fee will earn four-year phrases in Birmingham.

Andrew Haig is the lone incumbent together with Zachary Jennings, Invoice Kolb, Kevin Kozlowski and Doug White searching for seats on the seven member fee.

Haig is searching for a second time period after profitable the third open seat in 2021 by six votes over Anthony Lengthy. Lengthy earned a seat on the fee in 2023.

Bloomfield Hills Fee
Bloomfield Hills voters will select 5 candidates from a discipline of seven candidates for commissioner. Brad Baxter, Alice Buckley, Lauren Fisher and Susan McCarthy are all incumbents.

Alan Ackerman, Anjali Prasad and Brian Scott Jennings, a write-in candidate, spherical out the sector for the seats that are two-year phrases.

Bloomfield Hills Sinking Fund

Bloomfield Hills colleges is asking voters to exchange and lengthen their present sinking fund millage for ten years at a tax charge of 1.5-mills, which might be a rise over the expiring levy by simply over 0.8-mills

If authorized, the proposal replaces an expiring millage and is anticipated to generate a median $8.9 million yearly over the period of the ten years. The funds will handle facility wants akin to HVAC, roof repairs, know-how, safety, and transportation, making certain the continued upkeep and enchancment of district services.

Brandon College Enchancment Bond

Residents in Ortonville will likely be voting on a $39.5 million zero-tax-rate enhance services bond proposal on the November poll.

The district would replace studying areas and tutorial know-how together with refreshing pupil Chromebooks, upgrading employees laptops, and changing outdated servers.

There would even be important safety enhancements akin to enhanced exterior door security programs, changing exterior constructing lighting and changing exterior doorways and framing.

The present levied millage charge of two.78-mills would stay in place.

Clarenceville Working Millage and College Enchancment Bond

Clarenceville voters will take into account two poll proposals: a renewal of the district’s non-homestead working millage and a $29.25 million bond proposal.

The non-homestead working millage applies solely to companies, rental properties, and second houses—not main residences—and would generate $3.2 million yearly.

The working millage would run from 2026 to 2035.

If handed, the 20- 12 months $29.25 million bond proposal would help main capital enhancements and the present millage charge would drop from 4.12-mills to three.68-mills.

It’s the first bond request from the district in over 30 years.

Clawson Mayor and Metropolis Council
Present Clawson Mayor Paula Millan faces off with present council member Susan Moffitt for Mayor.

Millan and Moffitt every gained their respective seats in 2023. It’s Moffitt’s second stint on the town council. She additionally served from 2017-2021.

Ten candidates are operating for 4 open metropolis council seats. The three highest vote totals will win four-year phrases and the fourth highest vote complete will win a two-year time period.
Clawson voters can select from incumbents Bruce Anderson and Glenn Shepard and candidates George Georges, Scott Manning, Meredith Peltonen, William Renshaw, Heather Rigby Rinkevich, Laura Slowinski, Alec Speshock and Scott Tinlin.

Tinlin completed third within the 2023 and 2021 race for metropolis council.

Farmington Hills Mayor
Challengers Randy Bruce and Jimmy Lossia are taking up present Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Wealthy for a two-year time period.

Wealthy was elected in 2023, is a former council member and served for 14 years on the Oakland Colleges Board of Training.

Bruce was reelected to Metropolis Council in 2021 and served as Mayor Professional Tem for 2023. He beforehand served on the council from 2003 to 2019.

That is Lossia’s first time operating for elected workplace.

Farmington Hills Public Security Millage RenewalFarmington Hills voters will likely be voting on a Public Security Millage renewal which was final authorized in 2015 with funding devoted to Farmington Hills Hearth and Police Departments.

The ten-year renewal will proceed the present millage of 1.48 mills ($1.48 per $1,000 of taxable worth) beginning in July 2026 and accumulate an estimated $7.2 million within the first 12 months.

The police division has over 160 full and part-time workers and the fireplace division has over 110 profession and on-call firefighters.

Ferndale Metropolis Council

Incumbent Laura Mikulski is operating together with Eddie Sabatini and Quinn Zeagler for 2 four-year metropolis council phrases.

Mikulski was elected in 2021 and serves as Mayor Professional Tem.

Sabatini is a former trainer and now a stay-at-home dad,

In 2023–24, Zeagler chaired the resident-led Finance Overview Committee and in addition served on the Ferndale services job pressure and the grasp land use/local weather motion plan steering workforce.

It’s the first time operating for elected workplace for each.

Hazel Park Mayor
Michael Webb is searching for reelection as Hazel Park Mayor and is operating towards former Hazel Park faculty board member Kristy Cales.

Webb ran unopposed and gained in 2017 and defeated C. Jerry Bertrand by an 80% to twenty% margin 2021. He has served on the town council since 2001.

Cales served on the college board from 2017 to 2022, then resigned to take over the Hazel Park colleges director of human sources, a place she nonetheless holds.

The function of mayor is a four-year time period.

Council members Luke Londo and Alissa Sullivan are additionally operating for reelection, however are unopposed.

Lake Orion College Enchancment Bond

Lake Orion Group Colleges residents will likely be requested to think about a 20-year, $272 million faculty enchancment bond proposal, which might finance capital enhancements all through the district.

If voters approve the proposal, the annual millage charge can be diminished to 7-mills starting in 2026 which might be a 0.49 mill discount from the 2025 millage levy.

Lamphere Colleges Services Bond

Lamphere Colleges is asking residents to vote on a $47.4 million services enchancment bond proposal centered on addressing infrastructure wants throughout the district.

The quantity is considerably lower than what was proposed again in Might when voters rejected a 30-year, $85 million bond proposal 1,066 (42%) sure to 1,449 (57.6%) no.

The brand new bond proposal can be a 30-year bond which features a 2.5-mill enhance (which is the same as $2.50 per $1,000 of taxable worth).

Madison Heights Mayor and Metropolis Council

In Madison Heights, Corey Haines and Quinn Wright are operating to exchange Roslyn Grafstein as Mayor.

Wright is at present on the town council after being one in every of three individuals to win an open seat in 2023.

Haines is at present the Eastpointe police division police chief. He was the police chief in Madison Heights and in addition served as deputy metropolis supervisor.

4 write-in candidates are among the many six candidates operating for Madison Heights’ council.

Michael Covert, Laurie Geralds, Sydney Larry and Ashley Strunk are the write-in candidates together with present council member Willaim Mier and Toya Aaron. Aaron beforehand ran for a metropolis council seat in 2021 and completed sixth.

Voters can select three candidates for a four-year time period.

Novi Metropolis Council
Novi voters can select three candidates out of a discipline of seven operating for metropolis council seats.

A number of of the candidates have expertise in Novi politics.

Brian Smith, is searching for a second time period and was prime vote getter out of six individuals operating for 3 open seats in 2021.

Priya Gurumurthy was appointed to her seat in December 2023 after Justin Fischer vacated it to develop into mayor.

Aaron Martinez challenged Fischer for mayor within the 2023 election and fell quick by a 58% to 42% margin.

The sector is rounded out by Joe Bertera, Toby Brazwell, Jonathan Gold and Ed Roney.

The three winners will serve four-year phrases.

Fischer is operating unopposed for Mayor.

Novi Colleges Services Bond
Of all the college bond proposals on the poll this November, Novi will likely be searching for the most important.

The district is asking voters to approve a 30-year, $425 million bond with a millage charge estimated to remain at or under the present degree of 6.75-mills.

Voters final authorized a $185 million enchancment bond and sinking fund renewal in 2019. The bond handed with a 68% sure to 32% no margin.

Oxford Colleges Working and Sinking Fund Millages

Oxford Group colleges will even have two initiatives on the poll subsequent month – restoration of their operation millage and a brand new sinking fund millage.

The ten-year working millage proposal is a restoration proposal that might return the district’s present non-homestead millage charge of 17.31 mills again to 18.0 mills, the extent the State of Michigan assumes Oxford colleges are accumulating.

The district authorized a five-year .75-mill sinking fund in 2017 to complement 2018 bond tasks. This new sinking fund would cowl particular tasks and ongoing upkeep which might be separate from ongoing bond tasks.

The working millage, if authorized and levied, would generate $252,288 in 2025.

The sinking fund proposal is a one-mill tax levy for 10 years and would accumulate $1,647,190 in 2025.

Pontiac Mayor
A blended set of candidates wish to succeed Mayor Tim Greimel in Pontiac.

Greimel has opted to run for Michigan’s tenth Congressional District and 5 candidates for searching for to take over for a four-year time period

Mike McGuinness and Kermit Williams emerged from a discipline of eight candidates within the Aug. 5 main as the 2 prime vote getters. Williams garnered 45% of the vote to 25% for Williams.

McGuinness has served on metropolis council for 4 years and has been president since 2022. He additionally served 5 years on the Pontiac Metropolis faculty board.

Williams was Pontiac’s District 7 metropolis councilor from 2010 to 2021 and is at present on sabbatical as govt director of the advocacy group Oakland Ahead.

Write-in candidates Jashon Gilmore, Sabrina Jernagin and Wendell Woods are additionally on the poll for Mayor.

Pontiac Colleges Sinking Fund Renewal

Voters in Pontiac have the chance to resolve on a sinking fund renewal final authorized in March 2020 by a 74% sure to 26% no margin with a 37% voter turnout.

The renewal is ready to finish this 12 months with the district asking for an additional five-year authorization on the identical .79-mill tax charge.

If authorized the renewal would generate $3.1 million in its first 12 months.

Superintendent Kimberly Leverette mentioned the district will dedicate the cash to, amongst different issues, HVAC and safety enhancements within the subsequent few years together with a highschool science lab.

Rochester Metropolis Council
Rochester voters will select 4 individuals out of eight candidates for metropolis council positions.

Incumbents Steve Sage, Nancy Salvia and Christian Hauser and Dan Bachmann, Jessica Clauser, Richard Kendziuk, Sara King and Ann Peterson.

Sage and Salvia have been elected in 2021 the place there have been additionally 4 open seats.

Hauser edged out Peterson by 38 votes in November 2023 for the fourth and ultimate open seat.

The three highest vote-getters will earn a four-year time period and the fourth highest will fill a partial time period of two years.

Royal Oak Mayor and Metropolis Fee
The mayor’s race in Royal Oak is between incumbent Michael Fournier, who has been mayor since 2016, and Trish Oliver, a longtime board member of the Royal Oak Historic Society.

Fournier defeated Oliver within the 2023 mayoral race with 9,015 votes – 58% to six,477 votes – 42%

The Mayor place has a two 12 months time period.

Six candidates are vying for 3 four-year phrases on the town fee.

Brandon Kolo, the lone incumbent, Paul Bastian, David Buzynski, Woody Gontina, Carolyn Martz, Eric Smethurst and write-in Michael Willard.

Kolo was appointed to the fee in September 2020 after which was elected to the seat in 2021 together with Melanie Macy and Sharlan Douglas.

Not one of the different six candidates have held public workplace.

South Lyon Colleges Services Bond
Voters within the South Lyon College district will likely be requested to approve a $350 million bond proposal with a good portion of the funding geared toward infrastructure tasks.

If the proposal passes, the millage charge is anticipated to remain at 7.00 mills at some point of the 25-year bond.  Building for preliminary tasks is anticipated to start in 2026 and proceed by 2033.

The district listed how the bond cash can be spent:

Future Ahead Studying Alternatives – 28%
Security and Safety – 10%
Vital Infrastructure – 43%
Know-how, Tools and Furnishings – 19%

Southfield Mayor and Metropolis Clerk
Southfield Mayor Ken Siver is on the poll searching for a 3rd time period and going through a problem from former Councilwoman Sylvia Jordan.

Siver was first elected in 2015 after serving for 14 years on the town council. He retired from Southfield public colleges after 34 years of service.

Jordan served over 17 years on the council, together with a number of phrases as president and is at present Administrator of Victory Studying Heart and Kids’s Prep Academy.

Three individuals are operating a four-year time period as clerk. Gavriel “Gabi” Grossbard and write-in candidates Wynett Man and Coretta Houge.

Grossbard misplaced his 2023 bid for clerk to present metropolis Clerk Janet Jackson. Jackson was unable to run for reelection after being faraway from the poll resulting from an unresolved marketing campaign finance price.

Man is a present employees member within the Southfield Clerk’s workplace and Houge was appointed to the Southfield Metropolis Council in November 2022.

Troy Bond Proposal
Troy is asking for approval for a 20-year $137 million to construct a brand new library, enhance native roads, spend money on parks and recreation facilities, and help public security.

The estimated millage that will likely be levied to pay the proposed bonds within the first 12 months is 1.13 mills.

Bond proposal breakdown:

– $75 million for a brand new library (a 90,000 sq.ft. three-story constructing);

– $35 million for streets ($18 million to enhance Coolidge Freeway and $14 million to enhance Wattles Street);

– $17 million for parks and recreation enhancements ($7.5 million for park enhancements and $3.2 million to enhance Troy Farm);

– $10 million for public security (consists of buy of police body-worn cameras)

Walled Lake Mayor
The mayoral race in Walled Lake is between incumbent Linda Ackley and Richard Gunther.

Ackley served on metropolis council from 1979 by 2007. Ran unopposed for Mayor in 2013, beat Patrick Bryant in 2017 and was unopposed once more in 2021.

Gunther has spent 30 years within the automotive trade and that is his first time operating for elected workplace.

West Bloomfield Sinking Fund Millage

Voters in West Bloomfield will likely be requested to think about changing the present sinking fund millage, and lengthen the levy from 2027 to 2036 offering $3.2 million yearly.

The millage charge would stay at 1.15 mills ($1.15 on every $1,000 of taxable worth) at some point of the ten years. The present sinking fund millage was authorized again in 2013.

The district didn’t identify any particular tasks or upgrades the cash can be used for, however the poll language lists – buy of actual property, acquisition of pupil transportation automobiles, restore of college buildings and buying components and provides for transportation automobiles as just some areas to be used of the funds.