News Photo by Kayla Wikaryasz Evelin Berg, left, and Pat Wroblewski, right, are seen sitting at a table at Rogers Township Hall waiting for voters during Tuesday’s general election.

ROGERS CITY — Voters went to the polls in Presque Isle on Tuesday, and voted to pass two millages for Rogers City Schools and two seats on the Onaway City Council which were won by Andrew Bischer and Roger Marsh.

The operating millage passed in a vote of 807 to 293

The operating millage will be renewed for a period of 6 years, 2027 to 2032, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2027 is approximately $2,413,670.

The millage will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law. The current operating millage will expire with the 2026 tax levy.

A rate of 18 mills equates to about $900 on a property with a taxable value of $50,000.

The sinking fund proposal passed in a vote of 662 to 432

The sinking fund proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy a building and site sinking fund millage. The millage will allow the board of education authorization to increase a tax levy in an amount not to exceed 1.162 mills. That rate would cost the owner of a home with a taxable value of $50,000 about $58 a year for a period of 8 years, 2029 to 2036, inclusive.

The estimate of the revenue the school district will collect from the millage and levied in 2029 is approximately $425,097. The sinking fund is designated for building, construction, and maintenance purposes.

The three candidates for the Onaway City Council seats were Bischer, Marsh, and Larry Knerr. Bischer received 106 votes, Marsh received 103 votes, and Knerr received 42 votes.