LINCOLN – Byron B. Sanderson wants to see better town planning. Shaun R. Drinkwater wants improved town services. Samuel Clay would like a town recreation center built off Route 6.

The three are among five candidates for the Town Council’s two open seats. All have various ideas and experiences, but seem to have one commonality: They want the town to continue to grow.

Of the council candidates, Clay and James B. Libby have the most council experience.

Libby said on the town candidates survey that he wants to serve Lincoln as best he can.

“I have no agenda whatsoever,” he said by phone Thursday night. “I just want to continue the things the town has to do and still make it that people can afford to live here.”

Libby served three terms on the council, while Clay is running for his third. As a councilor, Libby handled several budgets and as a small-business owner has experience with various state and federal agencies, he said in the survey.

Candidate Marscella A. Ireland arguably has the most experience with town government. She is the town’s former tax collector and is wife of Town Councilor Michael Ireland. She did not return telephone messages seeking comment or fill out the town candidates survey.

Other candidates in Tuesday’s voting are: David M. Edwards, Michele L. Morrison, Jeffrey E. Schick and John R. Trask, who are running for two open seats on the board of SAD 67, which serves Chester, Lincoln and Mattawamkeag.

As of Thursday, about 3,300 of 5,200 residents were registered to vote, town officials said. That number is expected to rise when Town Clerk Lisa Goodwin re-tallies registered voters on Monday.

Clay is most pleased with his part in two large proposed town developments: the Lake Mall development plan, which will site almost 20 units of senior citizen housing at Main Street and West Broadway, and the purchase of land off Route 6 for a recreation center.

“I am not one of those people who runs because I have an agenda,” Clay said Wednesday. “I like serving the people and handling anything that comes my way.”

Sanderson is an experienced community servant. He has been or is a member of the Lincoln Lions Club, Cold Stream Jaycees and Recreation Committee.

Drinkwater wants to see Lincoln’s economic growth increase, water-property taxes drop and to work with camp owners to improve roads and water quality in the town’s remote areas, he said.

“I think residents should get better services for the taxes we pay. We pay some heavy taxes up here, especially residents who live on the water,” said Drinkwater of those who live around Lincoln’s 13 lakes and ponds.

Among school board candidates, Edwards has seven years’ experience with SAD 67, plus time on town conservation and budget committees. Morrison has been an in-school volunteer for seven years while Schick has played for the Lincoln Community Band.

A detective with the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office, Trask is particularly interested in the school budgetary process, he said in the survey.

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