MECHANIC FALLS — Tuesday’s municipal election will feature a three-way race for two seats on the Town Council and uncontested races for two positions on the School Committee and two on the Sanitary District’s board of trustees.

Polls at the Municipal Building on Lewiston Street will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The three candidates for the two seats on the Town Council are Louis Annance, Stephen Bolduc and Roger Guptill.

Annance, who was elected to the council two years ago when Peter Ford stepped down, is seeking his first full term.

Annance moved to Mechanic Falls 46 years ago, attended Elm Street School and graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn. He continued his education at what is now Central Maine Community College and Foxboro School of Technology.

He has been employed in the industrial maintenance field his entire adult life, having worked for 22 years at Robinson Manufacturing in Oxford before being employed at Maine Wood Treatment in Mechanic Falls 17 years ago.

Annance is a single parent with a daughter and three sons, the youngest of whom graduated from Poland Regional High School last Sunday, and five grandchildren.

Prior to joining the Town Council, Annance served on the town Budget Committee. He currently serves on the Revenue Enhancement Committee and the Community Day Committee. He is a member and past president of the Bog Hooters Snowmobile Club and was a founder of the Bog Hooters ATV Club. He is also a 33-year member of the Oxford Lodge No. 18 and the Tyrian Lodge No. 73 in Mechanic Falls.

Annance believes the most pressing issue facing the town today is “to sustain our current services and invest in our future without having to raise taxes.”

“Because of the recession, drop in revenues and an unknown cut in revenue-sharing from the state, we are facing challenging times,” he said. “As a councilman, I feel it is my responsibility to listen to the citizens of Mechanic Falls and then, with other councilors and the town manager, make the right decisions to maintain the highest level of services at the lowest possible cost.”

Stephen Bolduc grew up in Poland and graduated from Edward Little High School.

Bolduc earned an associate degree from Central Maine Technical College, holds a bachelor’s degree in leadership and organizational studies from the University of Southern Maine, and is working toward a master’s degree in adult and higher education.

Bolduc and his wife, Paula, moved to Mechanic Falls in 1987. He has two daughters and five stepsons, all grown, and seven grandchildren with another on the way.

Bolduc has worked for many years at different companies as a machinist and now teaches for the precision machinery technology department at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

He recently worked on the Mechanic Falls Comprehensive Plan Committee and helped coach the summer Babe Ruth League.

Bolduc sees the most pressing issue facing the town as “the state leadership’s inability to work together to solve problems, leading to instability for towns and possible loss of revenue-sharing, which we depend on.”

He said, “I feel that the town has already trimmed as much from the budget as possible, so maybe looking at sharing services with other towns, enticing manufacturing businesses into the town, and creating a culture of volunteerism for town services may be possible steps toward leading our town to being an even greater town to live in.”

Roger Guptill was raised in Wilton and graduated from Mt. Blue High School in Farmington.

Guptill went on obtain a variety of truck driver and mechanic’s licenses, earning a number of state of Maine certifications and has owned his own businesses since he was 18 years old.

For a number of years, Guptill operated Bobby’s Rule in Norway. Currently he and his wife, Nancy, operate Belly Busters Concessions and travel to events in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

He and Nancy have two sons and a daughter, all grown, and three grandchildren, ages 7, 10, and 13.

Guptill has served 12 years on the Town Council and has been a Sanitary District trustee for more than 12 years. A number of years ago he became involved in town recreation when he opened a concession stand at local baseball and softball games to the benefit of fans and the teams alike. He also is a member of the Community Day Committee.

Guptill identifies dealing with the drop in revenues that the town has depended on to come from the state as the most immediate pressing issue facing the town.

One solution to the problem, Guptill suggested, would be to redouble the efforts of the Revenue Enhancement Committee to find alternative revenue sources.

“We can’t count on the state for revenue and we can’t keep raising property taxes,” he said. “We will have to find new ways to raise funds. Perhaps we will have to combine jobs in order to keep services.” Guptill noted that having one secretary serve the Water Department, the Sewer Department and the Police Department as an example of what the town must do to cope.

Candidates on the ballot seeking election to two three-year seats on the Regional School Unit 16 School Committee are Mary Martin and Aaron Ouellette.

Incumbents Michael Baird and Gary Purington are running unopposed for the Sewer District’s board of trustees.