There’s folks for, and against.

The Bainbridge Island City Council recently appointed five volunteers to help write the voter’s guide statements for the city’s November ballot proposal for a new $15 million public safety building.

Art Verharen and Ann Warman were picked to write the “pro” statement, while Doug Rauh, Gerald Stevenson and Leif Utne were chosen to craft the “con” statement.

Verharen is a former Pierce County Superior Court judge, and Warman is a semi-retired marketing consultant.

Rauh is a retired data processing manager, Stevenson is a retired strategic planner and project manager for IBM, and Utne is vice president of business development for Warecorp and a longtime journalist, entrepreneur and community activist.

Both the “pro” and “con” committee will write a 250 word/five paragraph statement encouraging voters to pass, or reject, the 20-year bond measure. The statements will be included in the voter’s guide prepared by Kitsap County for the Nov. 3 General Election.

The council voted last month to put a 20-year, $15 million bond measure on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot.

In June, the city decided the new facility — which would replace the aging police station on Winslow Way and relocate the municipal court from Rolling Bay to downtown — should be built on land just north of city hall.

All told, 10 Bainbridge residents offered to help write the statements both for and against the bond measure.

Most of those — a total of six — volunteered to be on the committee opposing the ballot measure.

This November will mark the third time this year that voters have been asked to approve bonds for infrastructure improvements on the island.

In February, both the Bainbridge Island Fire Department and the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation District asked voters to say yes to bond measures.

Voters agreed to a $5.9 million bond measure to buy the Sakai property — nearly 23 acres of land along Madison Avenue — to create a central park for Bainbridge Island.

Voters also approved a $16 million bond measure to finance new and improved fire stations on the island.