Royal Oak Voters To Decide Mayor, Commission Seats

ROYAL OAK, MI — Election Night is going to busy for Royal Oak voters. They will be asked to select a mayor and four city commission members as well as decide on charter questions and a school bond issue.

Mayor Michael Fournier is looking to fend off a challenge from Mike Skinner. Incumbents Sharlan Douglas and David Poulton are looking to retain their commission seats while Kim Gibbs, Richard Karlowski and Melanie Macey are making their own bids for the seats.

In addition, the commission has one seat open for a partial term that will end on Nov. 25, 2019. Two newcomers, Brandon Kolo and Randy LeVasseur, are running for the position.

Royal Oak has two proposals to change the city’s charter language. The first would remove sections made obsolete when Royal Oak adjusted the date and time commissioners and the mayor start and end their terms of office from the first Monday in December to the third Monday in November in the year of their election.

In 1921, Royal Oak residents set a requirement that any public improvement costing more than $1,000 can only be approved after drawings, profiles, and estimates are submitted to the commission. The second proposal would eliminate that language from the the city charter and allow the Commission to set the limitation.

As for Royal Oak Schools, funds from a $59.9 million bond proposal would be used for building additions and remodeling. The funds would also help improve athletic fields and playgrounds as well as pay for technology upgrades for the district.

Key Voter Information

• Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 7
• Polls Open - 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Where to vote
• Precinct 1 - Oakland Community College, 739 South Washington
• Precinct 2 & 4 - Salter Community Center, 1545 East Lincoln
• Precinct 3 &11 - Church of Christ, 115 South Campbell Road
• Precinct 5 & 9 - Farmer’s Market, 316 E. 11 Mile Road
• Precinct 6 - Royal Oak Middle School, 709 N. Washington
• Precinct 7 & 24 - Oakland Schools Technical Campus Southeast, 5055 Delemere Ave
• Precinct 8 - Northwood Elementary School, 926 W. 12 Mile Road
• Precinct 10 - Keller Middle School, 1505 S. Campbell Road
• Precinct 12 & 18 - Churchill Community Education Center, 707 Girard Avenue
• Precinct 13 - Northwood Elementary School, 926 W. 12 Mile Road
• Precinct 14 & 16 - Jane Adams Middle School, 2200 W. Webster Road
• Precinct 15 - Royal Oak Golf Club, 3417 Don Soper Drive
• Precinct 17 & 20 - Royal Oak High School, 1500 Lexington Boulevard
• Precinct 19 - Woodside Bible Church, 3602 Rochester Road
• Precinct 21 - Mahany/Meininger Senior Center, 3500 Marais Avenue
• Precinct 22 - Emmanuel Bethel Church, 4000 Normandy Road
• Precinct 23 - Upton School, 4400 Mandalay

• For absent voter eligibility information, click here.
• Royal Oak voter precinct map, click here.
• Michigan absent voter applications and can also be printed from the State of Michigan website

For additional election information, including viewing a sample ballot, click here

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