Residents at Town Meeting tonight will consider a $1.5 million municipal budget, an array of ordinance amendments and a citizen-initiated ordinance proposal to ban fireworks.

The proposed $1.5 million 2013-14 municipal budget is up $43,869, or 2.9 percent, from the current year. Residents would receive an estimated property tax increase of 14 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation if the warrant passes as is, though just how much state revenue the town will receive remains uncertain.

Under the proposed budget, the town’s current tax rate — $15.10 per $1,000 of assessed value — could go up by $21 per year for a property assessed for tax purposes at $150,000.

Included in the budget increase is a $50,786 increase in debt service for payments on a 10- year bond issue approved by voters last year for sidewalk snow removal equipment, reconstruction of Millay Road and the leasepurchase of a backhoe.

Town Manager William Post said in early May that revenue from the state was still unconfirmed, noting that Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed budget would cut revenue to Bowdoinham by about $250,000 — which he said is about 24 percent of the town’s non-property tax revenue.

At a Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, Post planned to recommend the board hold the Town Meeting to vote on the articles as prepared, and to meet jointly with the Finance Advisory Committee to look at any adjustments that need to be to made after the state’s budget is finalized in about two weeks.

In the case budget adjustments are made, a special town meeting would be called for voters to take up those changes.

Post is also proposing to increase a part-time employee — currently providing 10 hours of administrative work at the front desk and 20 hours of codes enforcement work per week — to a full-time position, adding 10 hours for administrative work.

Selectmen recommend voters reject a citizen-initiated petition that would prohibit the discharge of fireworks within the town except for professional, municipally sanctioned displays.

Wendy Gray, the owner of a horse riding, training and boarding facility, circulated the petition in response to unresolved issues she has reported involving a neighbor she says sets off fireworks that scare horses and clients alike. Selectmen weighed in on the ordinance at a May meeting, saying the issue is not best solved at the town level and would be difficult to enforce.

There are also seven proposed land-use ordinance amendments contained on the warrant. One amendment would replace “Marina District” references with the “Commercial Fisheries and Maritime Activities District” to indicate on the shoreland zoning map the town has no Marina District.

Similarly, another amendment would remove references to “Great Ponds” of which there are none in town.

Other amendments give provisions for nonpermanent and temporary structures and removes permit requirement for these structures, along with greenhouses; revises and clarifies provisions related to business name signage, including relaxing permitting requirements for home-based businesses; reduces the subdivision application review process from two steps to one step; and others.

The proposed ordinance amendments are at the town meeting link on the town website — www.bowdoinham.com — where the 2012 annual town report can also be downloaded.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Bowdoinham Town Hall on School Street.

Bowdoinham Town Meeting

WHAT: annual Town Meeting

WHEN: 7 p.m. today

WHERE: Town Hall, School Street