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ALPENA — Voters across Northeast Michigan will on Nov. 8 decide the fates of a host of tax proposals that would fund everything from firefighting operations to schools.

Here’s a look at all of the local proposals appearing on ballots in Alpena, Presque Isle, Montmorency, and Alcona counties.

ALPENA COUNTY

ALPENA TOWNSHIP FIRE TAX

Alpena Township will try a second time to get voter OK on a new, 3-mill property tax to help fund the Alpena Township Fire Department.

The township first asked for the new tax, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $150 per year, in August. Voters at that time rejected the proposal by a 55% to 45% margin.

Township officials hope to get more support from the typically larger voter turnout in the fall election.

The township has had to subsidize its Fire Department from the township general fund to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Township leaders call that unsustainable.

The new tax, which the township would levy for six years, would raise about $1.1 million a year to fully fund the township Fire Department and its two fire stations without help from the general fund.

The township last year briefly contracted with the Alpena Fire Department for firefighting services and the city offered to continue doing so for about $400,000 to $475,000 per year, but a split township board voted to pull the services back in-house.

OSSINEKE TOWNSHIP FIRE TAX

Ossineke Township wants voters to renew a 1-mill property tax for the next five years to fund firefighting services in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $50 a year and would raise more than $76,000 a year for the township.

Because of a state law that limits local government tax rates in certain circumstances, township property owners currently pay 0.9911 mills, but the township wants voters to renew the tax at its original 1 mill.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY

MOLTKE TOWNSHIP OPERATIONS TAX

Moltke Township wants voters to OK a 1-mill property tax that would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $50 a year and would raise more than $15,000 a year for the township.

The tax would fund road improvements and general township operations.

The township currently charges 0.9944 mills because of a state law that limits what governments can charge in certain circumstances.

The township wants permission from voters to renew the tax at the full 1-mill rate for the next four years.

NORTH ALLIS TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES TAX

North Allis Township will seek voter approval of a four-year, 2-mill property tax to provide fire protection and emergency services in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $100 a year and would raise nearly $57,000 a year for the township.

MONTMORENCY COUNTY

ATLANTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OPERATING TAX

Atlanta Community Schools will ask voters to approve two separate ballot proposals that would allow the district to levy an 18-mill property tax on businesses and second homes in the district to fund school operations.

The tax does not apply to primary residences.

First, the district wants voters to renew its current 17.8043-mill operating tax for another five years. The district currently charges less than 18 mills because of a state law that limits what governments can tax in certain circumstances without voter approval.

Second, in a separate ballot question, the district wants voters to authorize up to 2 additional mills of property tax for the next seven years so the district can levy the full 18 mills.

The district would not charge more than 18 mills.

The full 18 mills would cost the owners of $100,000 worth of property about $900 a year and would raise about $2 million a year for the school district.

AVERY TOWNSHIP AMBULANCE TAX

Avery Township wants voters to OK a four-year, 2-mill property tax to fund ambulance services in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $100 a year and would raise about $61,000 a year for the township.

AVERY TOWNSHIP FIRE TAX

Avery Township also wants voters to approve a four-year, 1-mill property tax to raise money for firefighting operations in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $50 a year and would raise nearly $31,000 a year for the township.

AVERY TOWNSHIP OPERATING TAX

Avery Township also wants voters to approve a 0.1047-mill property tax for the next four years for general township operations.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $5.25 a year and would raise about $3,200 a year for the township.

BRILEY TOWNSHIP PARKS TAX

Briley Township wants voters to approve a 0.25-mill, five-year property tax to fund improvement, maintenance, and development of parks in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $12.50 a year and would raise almost $18,000 a year for the township.

LOUD TOWNSHIP FIRE TAX

Loud Township wants voter approval to levy a 1-mill property tax for the next four years to fund firefighting operations in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $50 a year and would raise about $17,000 a year for the township.

LOUD TOWNSHIP AMBULANCE TAX

Loud Township also wants voters to OK a 2-mill, four-year property tax to fund ambulance services in the township.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $100 a year and would raise nearly $35,000 a year for the township.

ALCONA COUNTY

ALCONA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES TAX

Alcona County wants voters to OK a four-year, 1.25-mill property tax for equipment, vehicles, maintenance, and operations for Alcona County Emergency Medical Services.

The tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $62.50 a year and would raise a bit more than $1 million a year for the ambulance service.

MIKADO TOWNSHIP CIVIC CENTER TAX

Mikado Township will ask for voter approval to charge a new 1-mill property tax to fund ongoing repairs and maintenance at the Mikado Township Civic Center.

The tax, which the township would levy for four years, would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $50 a year and would raise about $33,000 a year for the Civic Center.