NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen preparing for the annual town meeting May 4 approved placing two ordinances on the town warrant for voter approval.

The first, the New Gloucester Consumer Fireworks Ordinance, bans the sale of consumer fireworks in town. No person shall sell, possess with the intent to sell or offer for sale consumer fireworks within the town. The penalty for doing so is not less than $50 and not more than $500, plus attorney fees and town costs.

An amendment to the citizens’ petition that passed at last year’s town meeting, An Ordinance for the Recall of Elected officials in New Gloucester, needs corrections to fix a mistake in numbering. The change will not affect the intent of the ordinance.

The board also cleared the way for Cloutier’s Market in Upper Gloucester to deal with a minor apparent encroachment of a corner of the building and part of a shed on a concrete slab into the right of way of Upper Village Street.

The current tenant, Lil’ Mart, is negotiating to purchase the store from owners Bruce P. Morrone and Diane L. Morrone. The board unanimously agreed to place the issue on the warrant in May seeking voter approval. The board requested that the lawyer for the parties draft the language for the warrant.

In an ongoing review of the town’s personnel policy, the board discussed legal comments from the town attorney dealing with a political activity section. Selectmen Josh McHenry and Linda Chase were assigned to review the policy changes and integrating town employee comments. They are still working on the document.

The board grappled with the section that deals with employees who seek and accept nomination or election to town office. Initially, the document required an employee elected to public office to resign form employment prior to taking office, except those running for school board.

The town attorney suggested that the wording be changed so no person may hold an “incompatible elective office” while employed by the town and such employee elected to an “incompatible town office shall resign from employment.”

The board refused to adopt the language change until a better definition of “incompatible” is made. “If we adopt this, when we don’t understand what we’re doing, we might be in trouble,” McHenry said. The board failed to adopt the change by a 2-2-1 vote.

The board agreed to post 42 roads to a 23,000-pound weight limit beginning March 23 and ending May 15, unless otherwise deemed appropriate by the Public Works director.

The board will wait until after the March 24 budget hearing to finalize its proposed fiscal year 2015-16 municipal spending plan.

The Budget Committee canceled last Thursday’s public hearing because of a lack of quorum. The meeting has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at the Meeting House.