OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Five candidates are vying for three Town Council positions in Old Orchard Beach in the Nov. 8 election.

Local candidates for Town Council, School Board and town clerk had until the end of day Monday to file their nomination papers at Town Hall.

Current town councilors Kenneth Blow, Shawn O’Neill and Michael Tousignant, former town councilor Roxanne Frenette and newcomer Gholamreza Namin are all in the running. Terms run for two years.

School Board Chairwoman Carolyn Marcotte is running for re-election against Irving Hirst for a three-year term, and Town Clerk Kim McLaughlin is running unopposed for the position of town clerk.

Residents will also vote on four proposed amendments to the town charter.

The first question will ask voters whether to allow the town to use auctions or a brokerage firm when selling town property.

The second question would eliminate term limits for town councilors. Currently, councilors are allowed to serve seven consecutive years.

The third question would allow a town councilor to take part in discussions for raises under a collective bargaining arrangement that would affect a relative of that councilor who is an employee of the town. It would also allow the relative of a town councilor to receive an individual raise if the councilor was not part of discussions.

A relative of a town councilor may work for the town if hired before that councilor’s term. Currently, relatives of town councilors can only receive raises that are proportionate to those received by other non-union employees or as part of a collective bargaining agreement, and the town councilor must recuse himself or herself from voting on any such raise.

The fourth question would eliminate the requirement to advertise agendas for public meetings in newspapers.

Voting will take place at Old Orchard Beach High School from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8.

— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, Ext. 325 or [email protected].