Incumbent City Commissioner Jonathan Eppley and former Planning Commission board member Karen Simmon were elected to the Big Rapids City Commission on Tuesday.

Both Eppley and Simmon beat out first time candidate Amanda Johnson.

Simmon and Eppley hope to tackle the issue of Big Rapids' reported population decrease on 2020 US census. The City of Big Rapids could be facing the loss of millions of dollars in federal funding over the next decade because of the reported loss of just under 3,000 residents over the last decade.