POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday voted to extend Town Manager Rosemary Roy’s probationary period through to July 2.

The board hired Roy last fall, a few weeks after the Oct. 16 dismissal of former Town Manager Rosemary Kulow. At the time, Roy was given a five-month probationary period.

Subsequent to Roy’s hiring, a group of residents petitioned to remove the three selectmen who had voted to fire Kulow.

The January recall vote resulted in all three selectmen being removed.

A special election held in early March brought the board back to full membership, however, the process of fully reconstituting the board won’t be complete until after the results of this Friday’s regular municipal elections are known.

After Friday’s election, the board will have had almost a total makeover, with Steve Robinson the only one on the board when Roy was given her original probationary contract.

In taking its action Tuesday, the board acknowledged that it only made sense that the probationary period be extended in order to give the current board a chance to properly evaluate her performance.

In other business, the board reviewed informational materials that will be distributed at the business portion of the annual town meeting, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Poland Regional High School.

Selectmen noted that recent changes to the town charter mandate that in order for the town meeting to legally conduct business a minimum of 100 registered voters must be in attendance. They urged residents to make a special effort to attend.

One of the town meeting articles calls for voters to approve the Maine Department of Transportation’s offer to pay the town $2,101 for some land it is taking as part of the project to improve the section of Route 26 between Brown Road and Five Corners. Selectmen approved putting the money into the town’s road reserve account, should voters accept the offer.

Selectmen also agreed to accept a bill from the Auburn Sewer and Water District for about $8,700 as the final one for work on the South Village project that brought water and sewer lines to the Route 122/26 area at a total of nearly $4 million.

Selectmen stipulated that the bill not be paid until they have certification that all work on the project is complete and signed off.

Selectmen also went on record as supporting an effort to list the Poland Spring Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.