GLENBURN, Maine — Residents will pick a new town councilor and two school board members, validate their school budget and approve a municipal budget during their annual elections and town meeting next week.
First up are local elections and the school budget validation referendum, which will be decided Tuesday.
Michael Cote and Christopher Grotton are squaring off for the expiring three-year council seat held by Rhonda Curtis-Doughty, who has opted not to seek another term.
John Higgins is seeking another three-year term on the school board. Lauri Jacobs, whose seat also is expiring, is not seeking re-election. Stephen Rich is running unopposed for that position.
The polls at the Glenburn Municipal Building will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 9.
The annual town meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Glenburn School.
Residents will be asked to raise the money needed to fund school officials $3.5 million spending plan for 2015-2016, up about $100,000 from this year, Town Manager Michael Crooker said Friday.
Voters also will consider funding municipal operations in the year ahead.
Crooker said the proposed municipal budget amounts to $2,613,327, up about $197,000 from this year. He said the increase is related to the first full year of debt service relating to a $3 million loan the town took out to repair more than a dozen local roads.
In business unrelated to the budget, voters also will consider updating land use standards relating to campgrounds and exceptions for construction projects requiring certificates of occupancy, Crooker said.
If the town and school budget are approved as is, Crooker projects a property tax rate of between $18.50 and $19.50 per $1,000 in property valuation, depending on what the assessor determines is the change in the town’s overall evaluation.
The town’s current tax rate is $18.60 per $1,000, he said.