SKOWHEGAN — The road commissioner’s job, the town clerk and treasurer’s position and two open seats on the Board of Selectmen are all up for grabs Tuesday during annual elections.

Voters also will be asked to validate the school budget, approved a $900,000 borrowing plan for the school district and to vote on a fireworks ordinance.

In the race for road commissioner, 20-year incumbent Gregory Dore of East Madison is being challenged for the third time by Donald Kinney of Cornville, for a three-year term of office.

Dore, 57, said the experience of two decades on the job makes him qualified for another term.

“Road commissioner’s job isn’t like the old days where the guy did the work with the crew,” he said. “Today with all the regulations and the different agencies you have to deal with it’s really a full-time job just trying to keep up with things like that.”

He said his job now includes auditing of sewers, roads and equipment — all mandated by the state — coupled with permitting and grants and routine maintenance.

Kinney, 60, said he has operated big trucks and heavy equipment building roads and has handled complicated state regulations, qualifying him for the job.

He said he received votes running against Dore in the past and hopes to win this time.

“I have a lot of safety courses under my belt and have been in construction pretty much all my life,” he said. “It’s time for a change and I think I’m the change they need. People say their vote don’t count, well it does count this time.”

In the race for selectman, incumbent Newell Graf, Robert Holt and incumbent Donald Lowe are seeking the two seats open.

Graf, 56, an interior remodeling contractor, has been selectmen for three years. He said has tried to be thrifty with taxpayers’ money while improving the town’s infrastructure.

“To all the things that we do, there’s a history to the decisions you make; decisions that were made with different ordinance and policies,” he said. “The more you know about them the better prepared you are to do this job. That’s probably why I’m running again.”

Robert Holt, 68, is a crossing guard for the Police Department and delivers Morning Sentinel newspapers. He said he is running for selectman for the third time.

“I think maybe I can help with something, like the taxes and some other stuff in town,” he said.

Lowe, 67, a semi-retired builder, has served nine years as selectman and worked as a police reserve officer in Skowhegan for 23 years and for the Fire Department for 12 years.

“That why I’m running again, because I feel I have a little knowledge of what’s going on down there,” he said. “We have some projects coming up — Run of the River and the municipal parking lot — and I know whats going on with them.”

He said the most important issue is to keep taxes down for Skowhegan’s elderly population living on fixed incomes.

In the race for the combined town clerk and town treasurer position, incumbent Gail Pelotte is running against Roberta Robbins.

Pelotte, 52, is seeking her second three-year term. She also worked in the town’s front office for 14 years as collections clerk and for two of those years was municipal agent and deputy tax collector.

“It’s been a great experience; I’ve definitely learned a lot,” she said. “I really love what I do. There have been a lot of challenges and I just kind of face them head on.”

She said all of the accounts in the town office are current and now looks forward to another term with the experience behind her. Pelotte said she has completed all of her requirements to be a certified clerk and treasurer.

Robbins, 46, earned an associate degree, with honors, in accounting at Thomas College and has worked with data entry, has supervisor training and has worked as a front desk receptionist for Maine state police.

“I really think I have the capabilities to do the job and do the job well,” she said. “I worked for Youth and Family Services for 12 years dealing with clients and worked there as senior financial assistant for accounting.”

She said she had the background and education to do both the clerk’s job and town treasurer’s job.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com