(MSC News)--When area voters go to the polls Tuesday they will not only decide city and school races but also several special questions.

In Brown County, voters will decide whether to approve a 10-year half-cent countywide retailers sales tax for the Hiawatha Community Hospital. The sales tax, which is estimated to generate around $700,000 annually, would provide funding for equipment upgrades and facility repairs. If approved, collection of the tax would begin April 1, 2020

In Hiawatha, voters will decide whether to approve a quarter cent retailers sales tax for recreation. If approved, it would commence April 1, 2020 and replace the existing quarter cent sales tax for the town's historic post lantern street lights, which is set to expire March 31, 2020.

In Doniphan County, voters will decide whether the countywide one percent retailers sales tax should be renewed for an additional five years. Revenue from the sales tax is used to to finance capital improvements to county owned property, road improvements, to update and modify the countywide 911 system and to provide property tax relief. If approved by voters, the sales tax renewal would take effect October 1, 2020. The sales tax has been in place since 1993.

In Jackson County, voters will decide whether to renew a four-tenth percent countywide retailers' sales tax for another seven years, effective April 1, 2020. Funding from the sales tax is used for road and bridge improvements. A portion of the sales tax is also distributed to all towns in the county. The special sales tax was first approved by voters in 2004.

In Holton USD 336, voters will decide the fate of a $4.5 million general obligation bond issue. If approved by voters, the 20-year bond issue would pay for the completion of upgrades to the heating and cooling system at the Holton High School and Holton Middle School.

In Marshall County, voters will decide whether a half-cent countywide retailer's sales tax should be imposed for five years to provide funding for Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville. If approved, collection of the tax would begin January 1, 2020.

In Onaga USD 322, voters will decide the fate of a $8 million general obligation bond issue. If approved, the funding would be used to construct a new district elementary school and remodel the district kitchen.

Statewide, voters will decide whether to approve a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to eliminate a requirement for the state to adjust federal census figures when the Legislature redistricts itself. The adjustment counts college students and military personnel not where they're living but in a “ permanent” home elsewhere. Kansas is among only a few states that adjust federal census figures for redistricting.