WATERBORO — Those who wish to cast a vote on the proposed $39.1 million RSU 57 budget for the coming year may do so at a district meeting set for 7 p.m. Tuesday. Those casting ballots must be registered voters and may check in with ballot clerks starting at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday’s meeting will be held at Massabesic High School cafeteria on West Road.

The budget as proposed is about $1.2 million more than this year. Much of the increase about $866,000 ”“ is in instruction costs.

The local portion of the increase is $540,361, about $60,000 less than earlier projections.

If passed as proposed, property owners in the district will see increases. The rise in taxes for someone with a home valued at $200,000 would be $27.84 in Alfred, $35.04 in Limerick, $54 in Lyman, $66 in Newfield, $45.84 in Shapleigh and $56.88 in Waterboro.

According to information released by the district, about 58 percent of the budget comes from local assessments; slightly more than 36 percent from state subsidies, about 4.75 percent from leftover balances, slightly less than 1 percent from non-tax revenues and the remainder from adult education non-tax revenues.

Almost 75 percent of the cost of education goes to salaries and benefits; with the rest to energy, other utilities, equipment repairs and maintenance, supplies and more.

In the 2013-14 school year, RSU 57 paid $10,777 in costs per pupil, below the state average of $12,000 and well below Acton, which spent about $15,500 per pupil that year.

Most of the voting Tuesday will be by a show of hands, though some require paper ballots. In that case, voting will be supervised by the ballot clerks.

Tuesday’s article-by-article vote is the first of two opportunities for voters to cast ballots. Voters cast an up or down validation vote on the entire plan June 9.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.