During the town meeting, residents will be asked to establish several committees.

HARTFORD – Residents will have seven ordinances to consider at their annual town meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 22. Six of them would establish new committees and boards.

Those six would be:

• A Budget Committee with five members elected for one-year terms to review and make recommendations on the annual operating budget.

• A Road Committee with five members elected annually to develop a road inventory and recommend long-range plans.

• An Appeals Board with five appointed members to handle appeals when actions of other boards are questioned.

• An Ordinance Committee with five members appointed by municipal officers to five-year terms to write proposed new ordinances and make changes or amendments to current ones.

• A Cemetery Committee with five appointed members to monitor trust funds’ uses and to maintain records.

• A Solid Waste and Recycling Committee with five members appointed to five-year terms to oversee transfer station compliance and maintenance projects.

The seventh ordinance for town voters is a Certificate of Occupancy Ordinance. That proposal states that before any new dwelling is occupied it must be inspected and cannot be occupied until the building inspector has issued a certificate of occupancy. The building permit fee is recommended to increase to $75 to cover the inspector’s fee.

Voters also will consider a proposed $1,256,783 budget. This reflects a 5 percent increase over last year’s budget and that could increase after the final SAD 39 school budget is approved.

Except for schools, the largest budget item is road maintenance, which runs close to $260,000. An added expense in this budget is $43,125 for revaluation.

Selectmen and the Budget Committee are not recommending $5,000 to re-create a volunteer fire department but are asking for $500 to maintain and insure existing equipment. They are also asking approval to sell two old firetrucks.

Hartford has 963 year-round residents and 200 seasonal residents. The town borders Lake Anasagunticook. Approximately 68 people attended last year’s annual meeting.

Voters will be asked to vote on one selectman for three years and one road commissioner for one year, from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 18. Running uncontested are Selectman Laura Marston and Road Commissioner Alan McNeil.