MINOT – Neon-colored signs have become part of the landscape on Center Minot and Woodman Hill roads lately. Someone is trying to make a point about spending tax dollars and education.

The signs urge residents to vote on March 5, but they don’t mention any group or individual responsible for them.

The March 5 ballot will have two referendum issues for registered Minot voters to decide. One calls for changing the local noise limit to match the state allowance. The other calls for a $2 million performing arts center for Minot Consolidated School.

Local residents will have a chance to ask questions, make comments and receive information on both issues at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Minot Consolidated School. If weather conditions prevent the hearing, a storm date has been set for 7 p.m. Feb. 23 also at the school, according to the public notice.

Also on the hearing agenda is a proposed change in the building ordinance regarding occupancy fees. Currently, fees are based on the number of bedrooms a house has. The public will have a chance to get more information from the Board of Selectman at the public hearing. That issue will be decided by residents on the floor of the March 6 town meeting, said Town Clerk Nikki Verrill.

The proposal for a school performing arts center came about by a petition submitted at the Town Office, said Verrill. A group called The Minot Citizens Coalition for the Minot Performing Arts Facilities wants to expand the existing K-8 school and provide additional parking space.

The Minot School Committee earlier declined to endorse the expansion and instead only supported additional classroom space.

The noise ordinance issue also landed on the ballot through a petition drive. Supporters of Hemonds Moto X Track presented 224 signatures to the Board of Selectman last month to make the town noise limit match that of the state’s.

Since last year, elected town officials have been dealing with complaints of noise violations from the Woodman Hill Road business. The town restricts noise to 55 decibels, while the state allows 60 decibels.