JAY – Residents will vote on a proposed $6 million municipal budget and consider validating a $9.7 million school budget for 2009-10 at the annual town meeting Monday.

Polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. April 27 at the Community Building.

The town budget reflects less than a 1 percent or $61,619 increase over this year’s budget. After factoring in $3.04 million of anticipated revenues, the net budget would be about $3.04 million.

Most of the increase comes from a request to raise $27,000 for the town’s Sewer Department Capital Reserve Account, which was not funded this year, and more donation requests.

Spruce Mountain Ski Club is requesting $20,190, which includes $8,333 for insurance, $5,000 for a heating oil reserve account, and $6,860 to help with maintenance.

The school budget, which voters set earlier this month, needs a yes or no vote to finalize it. That spending plan reflects a decrease of $482,234 from the current $10.2 million budget.

There are 48 articles on the warrant. Among them is one asking voters to amend the town’s Environmental Control and Improvement Ordinance to lower the cap on a reserve account from $1 million to $800,000. The money for the account comes through permit fees.

The ordinance provides oversight of industries including paper mills, a power plant and a chemical plant, among other businesses. The account currently has a balance of nearly $1 million.

Roughly $300,000 in fees are collected each year, Environmental Control Enforcement Officer Shiloh Ring said previously. Fees range from $15,000 to Verso Paper’s combined fee for permits of $260,000. Permits include those for water and air quality and solid waste.

Permit fees cover about $200,000 annually for the operation expenses of the town’s Code Enforcement Office, Planning Board, consultant fees, legal expenses and other items.

Selectmen, the Planning Board and industry support the change.

Voters will also be asked to update the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance to meet new state guidelines. Another ordinance on the warrant to be voted on is a revised Board of Appeals Ordinance that aligns timelines with other town ordinances and also clarifies the review authority of the Board of Appeals, Ring said.

Voters will also be asked to enact a revised Town Way Ordinance that updates road construction standards.