Polls will be open into Saturday evening as dozens of city and school races and issues will be decided by Brazos Valley voters.

In College Station, a $144 million bond is on the ballot, one that would create the city's second high school, an eighth elementary school and a new transportation facility, among other things. A school property tax increase comes with a yes vote.

Two school board races will also be decided in College Station. With current trustees Tim Bryan and Mark Chaloupka choosing not to run, five newcomers to politics are vying for the two seats. Paul Dorsett and Joel Mitchell are the Place 1 candidates, while Carol Barrett, Desiree Marek and Joel Walker are running for Place 2.

Two incumbents are running for College Station city council. Lynn McIlhaney (Place 4) and Dave Ruesink (Place 6) each face two opponents. Place 4 candidates Doug Cummings and Katy-Marie Lyles are political newcomers, as are Place 6 candidates Clif Eggers and Chandler Salome.

There are no contested city council races in Bryan. Art Hughes will follow two-term Single Member District 5 councilmember Ben Hardeman, who cannot run again. Mike Southerland will retain the at-large seat on the council.

One vote that will impact the Bryan council is a proposition on the ballot initiated by hundreds of residents who signed a petition. Following a majority council decision in July and August, it currently takes three councilmembers to get an item placed on the city council agenda. Proposition 4 would put it in the charter that two councilmembers could place an item. Only voters, not the council, would be able to change that number in the future if the proposition is approved.

Two trustee positions are up for grabs on the Bryan school board. With SMD 4 trustee Bema Johnson not running again, four candidates threw their hats in the ring for the seat. James Edge, Jeff Goehl, Kelli Levey and Marilyn Scamardo are the contenders. For the at-large seat on the board, incumbent Merrill Green faces James Street. Green and Goehl (who ran for school board last year) are the only candidates of the six with prior political experience.

In Leon County, voters in the northeast will decide whether to create an Emergency Service District in order to bring ambulance service back to those residents and passers-through on the interstate. After Palestine EMS pulled out of the area because it could not afford to continue providing relatively free service, the area is without permanent ambulance service. A property tax increase to residents in and around Buffalo, Oakwood and Flo would create the district.

A number of mayoral races will also be decided, including in Hearne. Current mayor Milton Johnson did not file for re-election before the deadline, but has put his name in as a write-in candidate. He faces Ruben Gomez, the former mayor and current city councilmember, and Kenneth Byrd.

Huntsville also has a contested mayoral race, as incumbent J. Turner faces Bill Gulley.

News 3 will have the results of these and other races tonight on 10 at Ten, and here at KBTX.com as the vote totals come in.