Four candidates are seeking three seats on the Suttons Bay Village Council.
Incumbent council trustees Colleen Christensen and Roger Suppes are seeking reelection.
Christensen has a bachelor’s degree in community services/ family studies from Michigan State University as well as a master’s degree in elementary education/child development.
She has worked teaching and in school administration for 46 years and has been a village resident since 1978 and has served on the council since 2012. Incumbent Suppes has served as a council trustee since 2016 and served on the village Planning Commission from 2020 to 2024. He spent 33 years working in automotive dealership management. Suppes is an Air Force veteran and volunteers for Hospice of Michigan and as the tax program coordinator for the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency Bill Perkins is a familiar face in the village. He has served on the village Planning Commission, including some time as chairman.
Perkins current sits on the village Zoning Board of Appeals.
Jared Pontius is seeking one of the seats on the village council. He too, is familiar to many in the village. Pontius graduated from Northwestern Michigan College’ culinary school, operates Korner Kottage Bed and Breakfast and works as the Suttons Bay Township park manager. Pontius is married with children and currently serves on the village planning commission.
