Townspeople around Franklin County will make decisions regarding municipal operations when they gather for town meeting Saturday, March 3.

In some instances, they’ll go to the polls to elect school and town officials the day before or they’ll elect their candidates at the meeting.

Other towns will also do their business in March with Jay conducting its meeting in April and several more making decisions in June.

Here are brief previews of what voters will consider in Eustis, Kingfield, New Sharon, Strong and Weld.

Eustis

In Eustis, voters will head to the polls between 4 and 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the town office to elect a selectman, SAD 58 director and Planning Board members.

Running for a three-year selectman’s term are incumbent John Caldwell and Jeffrey Brickley, Town Clerk Kathy Fearon said.

Seeking re-election to a three-year seat as a SAD 58 director is incumbent Sara Woods, who is unopposed.

There are three three-year terms on the Planning Board open with four residents seeking them, Fearon said. They are incumbents Randall Scribner, Deluth Wing and Vanessa Wing and newcomer Lori LeMont.

Fearon said she didn’t think there was much on the warrant that would generate considerable discussion at the town meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at the community building.

Voters will take on 34 articles including electing a moderator at the meeting.

Among the articles is a request to rezone a portion of land along the east and north sides of Porter Nadeau Road. The land is designated Rural Woodland I and would be rezoned to to Residential Recreation to match the land use district along the rest of that road.

People will also vote on a $38,000 ambulance subsidy for NorthStar Emergency Medical Services, which is $7,000 less than last year’s amount.

Kingfield

Four people are expected to seek one, three-year term on the Board of Selectmen when voters meet at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 3, at the Kingfield Elementary School.

Running for selectman are incumbent Heather Moody, William “Jack” McKee, August Misner, and Joseph Ray, Town Clerk Jean Oberton said.

Also, seeking re-election to the SAD 58 board are Judith Dill to a three-year term and Kimberly Jordan to fill the remainder of a two-year term.

The only item Oberton expects may spark some discussion at the meeting is the proposed adoption of an updated comprehensive plan.

New Sharon

Voters will be asked in New Sharon to raise $40,000 more than usual through taxes for construction and maintenance of roads for the ensuing year during the consideration of 46 articles on the warrant.

The town meeting begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at Cape Cod Hill School.

Selectman Maynard Webster said as far as he knows all the incumbents elected last year will seek re-election this year. Voters make their selection of those to serve in town positions from the floor at the meeting and then cast their votes by paper ballot.

Seeking re-election to one-year terms are selectmen Jim Smith, Maynard Webster and Russell Gardner; treasurer Miriam Smith; tax collector and town clerk Rose Mary Eller; and road commissioner Kevin Brann.

A couple of ordinances that are up for discussion, Webster said.

Voters will be asked to enact a state-mandated new shoreland zoning ordinance and shoreland zoning map. The ordinance would repeal and supersede the existing ordinance, Webster said.

“If it’s not enacted by 2008, (the state will) do it for us,” Webster said.

The other ordinance is an upgrade of the subdivision ordinance that is easier to understand and simpler to use, he said. It clarifies terminology and leaves less to interpretation, he added.

Strong

Polls to elect town officials will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 2 at the Forster Building. Votes on town business will be conducted at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, March 3, at the Forster Building.

The only contested race on Friday’s ballot is the three-year town clerk’s position.

Town Clerk Eunice Shurtleff is seeking re-election and is being challenged by Raylene Tolman and Lois Barker. Shurtleff has held the position since 1989.

Incumbent Selectman James Burrell is unopposed in his bid for re-election to a three-year term. Newcomer Milton Baston is running uncontested to another three-year selectman’s position, which was formerly held by Selectman Harry Gordon, who died earlier this year.

Running unopposed for re-election are Fire Chief Scott Dyar, Budget Committee members Susan Pratt, Frank Milton Stevens and Lendell Allen

Shurtleff said that the only item she sees as major on the warrant is a citizen-initiated article asking the town to establish an ethics committee.

Weld

Voters will be asked to consider adopting a comprehensive plan to guide growth in town and adopt a schedule of building permit fees that increases when the town meets at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3, at town hall.

There is only one building permit fee now, Board of Selectman Chairman Nancy Stowell said. There was no difference in permit fees for a shed or for a $500,000 home, she said. Under the new schedule permit costs would be: residence – $50; enlarge a footprint of an existing building would be $25; accessory structure – $25; commercial building – $75.

Townspeople will also consider adopting after-the-fact permit fee structure for building violations and shoreland zoning violations that would range from $100 to $1,000 a day.

Residents will also vote on whether they want to pursue the nomination of the town hall to the National Register of Historic Places and authorize selectmen to appoint a Bicentennial Committee to organize the 2016 events, Stowell said.

Voting for school and town officials will be conducted at the polls from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the town office multi-purpose room.

There are no contested races for positions, Town Clerk Carol Cochran said.

Seeking re-election are Selectman Nancy Stowell, Planning Board member Mike Pratt, SAD 9 Director Neil Stinneford, and Town Clerk and Tax Collector Carol Cochran.

If Cochran is re-elected it will be her 31st year as town clerk and 32nd year as tax collector.