DELTA COUNTY — Unofficial results are in for elections held in Delta County on Tuesday.

GLADSTONE CITY COMMISSION

The three candidates who were elected to seats on the Gladstone City Commission by voters on Tuesday are Joe Thompson, Whitney Maloney and Steve O’Driscoll.

Their four-year terms alongside Judy Akkala and Brad Mantela will begin after a swearing-in likely helad on Dec. 8.

Thompson received 621 votes (29.49% of the turnout); Maloney earned 609 votes (28.92%), O’Driscoll earned 510 (24.22%); and Mike O’Connor, the fourth candidate, walked away with 366 (17.38%) votes, not enough to snag a seat. There were zero write-in votes.

GLADSTONE MAYORAL ADVISORY

Thompson won the mayoral advisory vote; 381 (45.25%) indicated that they would like him to be reappointed as mayor. Technically, the commission will appoint the mayor, but is tradition they take the advice given by the people in this vote.

Also eligible for mayoral seat were other seated commissioners: Judy Akkala, who took 21.26% of the votes with 179 cast for her; Brad Mantela, who has been the mayor pro-tem for several years and earned 161 votes for 19.12%; and Steve O’Driscoll, who gained 119 votes, 14.25% of the turnout. There were two write-in votes.

ESCANABA GAS FUND PROPOSAL

Of voters in the City of Escanaba who cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, the majority said “yes” when asked whether to authorize the city to use funds from a 1965 utility sale to pay debts to the city’s retirement fund plan.

In 1965, after citizens voted to sell the then-municipally-owned gas system to Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, a second referendum confirmed that the principal money from the sale could only be used on investments, while interest accrued could be used only on capital improvements. Tuesday’s vote overturned that decision, and now any money from that fund — both principal and interest — can be used to pay for the unfunded accrued liabilities of any defined benefit retirement plan sponsored by the City.

ESCANABA CITY COUNCIL

The three incumbents who successfully ran for reelection Tuesday to the Escanaba City Council will officially be sworn in at the council’s reorganizational meeting on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

The council members’ term lengths are all four years.

Mark Ammel obtained 1,230 votes, which was 36.73% of the total turnout. Todd Flath received 1,061 votes (31.68%) and Ronald J. Beauchamp received 1,022 votes (30.52%). There were 36 write-in votes (1.07%).

All three incumbents have served on the City Council since 2021. The council members will serve alongside Karen Moore and Tyler DuBord. Moore and DuBord have served on the City Council since 2019, both being re-elected in 2023.

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These votes, and those throughout Michigan, will be considered official when the State of Michigan certifies the election by the deadline of Nov. 24.