Buxton will elect town officials, decide on two town charter changes and vote on the SAD 6 budget next week.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, at Buxton Town Hall on Portland Road. The town will first select a moderator for its town meeting at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Town Clerk John Myers expects a relatively quiet election. He thought a half dozen people would be standing in line when the polls open. He believed this week that 1,000 voters would turn out to vote, which would be lower than the 1,200 to 1,500 voters town elections usually attract.

“I believe it will be down,” Myers said of the turnout.

Buxton voters will determine the town’s proposed $4.1 million municipal budget when the town meeting continues at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 18. The proposed town budget is down $9,942, a 0.2 percent drop, from the one that voters approved last year.

Myers thought 100 voters at the “high point” would attend the annual town meeting on June 18. He thought the meeting would be quiet. “I haven’t heard anything that’s hot,” he said.

There are no contested races for elected town posts. Jean Harmon and Robert Libby are running unopposed for three-year terms on the Board of Selectman. John Myers is seeking reelection as town clerk and treasurer. Other candidates are Susan Myers, tax collector; Lary Owen, road commissioner; James Smith, SAD 6 director; Cullen Ryan, Planning Board; Dennis Santolucito, Planning Board; Sylvia Young, Review Committee; and Peter Burns and Brian Dyer, Budget Committee. All terms are for three years except the two-year Planning Board seat sought by Santolucito.

Voters will determine the fate of two changes to the town charter, proposed by selectmen. One change would separate the positions of town treasurer and clerk – now a single elected position.

If the change is approved by voters, selectmen would appoint a part-time treasurer, who would work about 24 hours a week. Voters would continue to elect a full-time clerk.

The other change would create a public works department. Buxton currently has a Highway Department, headed by an elected road commissioner. Under a charter change, the director of public works would be appointed by selectmen and would work under supervision of the selectmen.

If voters defeat the charter changes, the treasurer’s position would remain coupled with that of the town clerk and the elected road commissioner would continue to head the town’s existing Highway Department.

Along with other SAD 6 towns, Hollis, Frye Island, Limington and Standish, the voters in Buxton are being asked to approve a $35.6 million school budget. Because of increased state subsidy, Buxton’s share of the school budget is $4.9 million, down about $45,000 from the $33.9 million budget voters approved a year ago.

Buxton pays for 28.5 percent of the local share of the SAD 6 budget. SAD 6 will receive $17.3 million, up $2.7 million, from the state under the new essential programs and services formula.

The total local amount from the five towns would be $17.4 million, if voters agree to support the budget. The budget would go back to the SAD 6 directors to be revamped if voters reject it.