On June 10, North Yarmouth voters will decide who serves as a member of the Budget Committee and whether to approve the school budget.

Andrea E. Berry and Paul William Whitmarsh are running unopposed for two three-year terms as North Yarmouth Select Board Overseer of the Poor.

Leon Amergian is running unopposed for a five-year term as member of the Cemetery Commission.

Leanne Hemphill Candura is running unopposed for a seat on the MSAD 51 Board of Directors.

The one contested race is for two seats on the town Budget Committee. The candidates for the three-year term are Christina Benn, Paul Hodgetts and Sean Holshouser.

Cumberland voters will also vote whether to approve $53.82 million the school budget that was adopted at the district budget meeting. They will also decide whether to continue the budget referendum process for the district for an additional three years.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the North Yarmouth Community Center. Absentee ballots can be requested with an application.

Christina Benn

What is your relevant experience? Being a small business owner for almost 40 years with my brother, Robert, building Anderson Landscaping and Toddy Brook Golf Course from the ground up has given me a wide assortment of experience. Including day-to-day operations, bookkeeping, budgeting, financial reporting, tracking expenses to human resources and strong communication skills.

Why are you running for office? I have lived in North Yarmouth all my life and watched it go from a small rural town to a suburb. As the town has grown, especially over the last five or six years, we have seen our taxes rise substantially. Before the longtime residents and younger generation can no longer afford to live here, I want to work to keep expenses down with common sense ideas.

What are your top three priorities? 1. To keep real estate taxes as stable as possible by making sure the budget is not rising higher than inflation, bringing common sense ideas to the table.

2. Making sure tax dollars are being spent wisely and efficiently. Looking for ways to cut costs without hurting the services that are needed for the town of North Yarmouth.

3. Keeping the small rural town feel to North Yarmouth.

Sean Holshouser

What is your relevant experience? I am a project manager at E.S. Boulos Co., one of the largest electrical contractors in Maine. Creating and managing multimillion-dollar budgets, working with stakeholders, bringing departments together and efficiently using each other’s resources, are all skills that would serve me on the Budget Committee.

Why are you running for North Yarmouth Budget Committee? I’ve always been interested in local government; a lot of people will recognize me as a regular commenter on our community Facebook page. I enjoy volunteering, being involved, helping my neighbors, and the North Yarmouth Budget Committee is a great opportunity to do all those things.

What are your top three priorities? Tax increases related to MSAD 51’s new primary school and turf field project are really going to affect us over the next several years. My primary goal will be to manage those increases and limit the effect they have on our residents, especially our seniors and those on fixed incomes.

I think it’s extremely important to maintain control of our budgets so we can continue to grow as a community, but not at the expense of our residents.

I want to collaborate with town departments, evaluate their proposed budgets, ensure they’re realistic and within our available resources, find cost-saving opportunities where possible, and above all, be a good steward of our community’s money.

Paul Hodgetts did not respond to request for comment.