ESCANABA — Residents will be able to make their voices heard on a number of local and county-wide matters in the upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 5, election.

“It’s kind of a quiet election,” Delta County Clerk Nancy Przewrocki said.

Voters across Delta County will have a chance to vote on a Bay College operating millage proposal in the election. The proposal will ask people whether or not they are in favor of increasing the limitation on the amount of taxes that can be assessed against all property in Bay’s district boundaries by .8924 mills ($0.89 per $1,000 of taxable value) for 20 years from 2019 to 2038, inclusive.

The approval of the proposal would allow for the restoration of .1924 mills already approved by voters, but not collected by Bay as a result of the Headlee Amendment, and for a .7 mill increase to the college’s millage funding. The college would collect an estimated $1,054,256 in the increased millage’s first year.

In Escanaba and Gladstone, voters will elect candidates running for seats on their city council and commission.

“There’s four candidates for each,” Przewrocki said.

Incumbents Ronald Beauchamp and Michael Sattem, along with challengers Tyler DuBord and Karen Moore, are running for two seats on the Escanaba City Council. In Gladstone, incumbents Brad Mantela and Dave Phalen, along with challengers Mike O’Connor and Steven Viau, are running for two seats on the city commission.

Voters in Gladstone will also choose a candidate to fill a mayoral advisory position.

“You have to be on the (commission) for at least one year to be on the ballot for that,” Przewrocki said.

Running for the position are incumbent Brad Mantela and challengers Darin Hunter, Dave Phalan and Joe Thompson.

Przewrocki said several township millage renewal proposals will appear on area ballots this year, as well.

“Bay de Noc Township has two proposals, and Garden has one,” she said.

In Bay de Noc Township, voters will be asked if they support renewing a previously-approved increase on the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes in the township at 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for five years from 2020 to 2024, inclusive. The renewal would solely fund improvements to township roads and required maintenance, such as seal coating and snowplowing, for the Bay de Noc Township parking lot. If approved, the renewed millage would generate $43,924 in revenue.

A second millage renewal proposal in Bay de Noc Township will ask voters whether or not they are in favor of renewing a previously-approved increase on the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes in the township at 0.5 mills ($0.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for five years from 2020 to 2024, inclusive. If approved, the renewal would be used solely for the township operating millage and would generate $14,641 in its first year.

Garden Township voters will be asked if they are in favor of renewing the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes in the township at 1 mill ($1 per $1,000 of taxable value) for 10 years from 2020 to 2029, inclusive. This would fund the operation of and equipment for the Garden Township Fire Department, and the township would raise $59,516 in the millage’s first year if it is approved.

In Schoolcraft County, the only races on the November ballot will be for three seats on the Manistique City Council. Incumbent council members Kimberly Shiner and Paul Walker, along with challengers Isaac Swisher, Joan Ecclesine, Martha Johnson, Aimee Lunsford and Ken Blowers, are running for these seats.

Multiple issues will be appearing on ballots in Menominee County.

In the City of Stephenson, voters will be asked whether or not they are in support of a proposed general revision of the city’s charter. City residents voted to adopt a city charter 50 years ago, and the charter that was passed then has not been revised or amended ever since.

A number of seats on the city’s charter commission — which will take effect if the charter revision proposal is approved — are also on the ballot for the City of Stephenson. Candidates Perry Beaudoin, Deborah Chevalier, Don Cugini, Brian Smith, Rae Lynn Thoune and David Westrich are listed on the ballot, and there are a total of nine openings on the commission.

Voters in the City of Stephenson and the townships of Cedarville, Daggett, Holmes, Ingallston, Lake, Mellen, Menominee and Stephenson will approve or deny a sinking fund millage proposal for Stephenson Area Public Schools during the election. The proposal asks voters if they are for or against increasing the limitation on the amount of taxes that may be assessed against all property in the Stephenson Area Public School District by an amount not to exceed 1 mill ($1 per $1,000 of taxable value) for three years, 2019 to 2021, inclusive. The millage would create a sinking fund supporting the purchase of real estate for and the construction or repair of school buildings, for school security improvements, for the acquisition or upgrading of technology, and all other purposes authorized by law. The school district would collect about $250,780 annually if the millage is approved and levied in 2019.

In Meyer Township, voters will be asked if they are in favor of renewing a previously-approved increase in the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes in the township at a rate of 1 mill ($1 per $1,000 of taxable value) from 2019 through 2022, inclusive. The millage renewal would fund the operation of the Meyer Township Fire Department, and the township would raise about $33,378 in the renewed millage’s first year.