Wareham voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 1 to decide contests on the Board of Selectmen, the Housing Authority and the Board of Assessors. They will also be voting on a ballot question asking whether or not the town should plow private roads.

Selectmen Judith Whiteside and Peter Teitelbaum are pursuing re-election to their three-year terms while Wareham resident Michael Frates will also be running. Voters will be asked to vote for two candidates with the highest two vote-getters winning seats.

Teitelbaum, who has been a practicing attorney since passing the bar in 1998, said the board has accomplished some good things in his two years but there is a lot of work left to be done. “We’ve developed a better relationship with the finance committee, the schools and other committees and in order to continue that I’m asking the voters for three more years,” he said.

Whiteside has 29 years of banking experience, including time spent as a senior vice president at a bank where she managed a budget of more than $50 million on her own. She was also a school teacher in Wareham for 12 years and has served on numerous other boards and commissions in town. In her current one year as selectman, she has worked on a social media policy, an HR policy and a booklet for new people elected to town board or commission to learn about their position.

Teitelbaum and Whiteside both said their best accomplishments as members of the board was signing Derek Sullivan to a three-year deal as Town Administrator.

They both support a Proposition 2 1/2 override that “makes sense” and provides a long-term plan for spending including capital needs.

Michael Frates retired in 2002, having previously worked as an assistant manager of quality control at a high-speed rail company.

He said he has worked with budgets in excess of $500 million and on 26 different collective bargaining agreements.

“The main reason I’m running is because I believe no race should go uncontested and everyone should have a choice,” he said.

Frates said he would be more creative in using the state bidding process and other federal and state grants, especially for departments like law enforcement.

He said supports consolidation of town services and “thinking outside of the box” for revenue streams, such as using green technology and taking greater advantage of Wareham’s busy waterways.

Frates said he would not support any version of a Proposition 2 1/2 override.

The one contested race for Housing Authority pits Henry Fernandes, Agawam Village resident and current resident liaison to the Housing Authority against Donna Bronk, former chairman of the Fianance Committee. For more on the race, see here.

Three individuals are running for two spots on the Board of Assessors. Incumbent James McCahill, Friends of Wareham Library President Priscilla Porter and Capital Planning Committee Chairman James Giberti are all vying for two three-year positions.

McCahill was unable to be reached for comment and had an associate read a statement for him at the Onset Protective League Candidate Forum.

McCahill is a certified general real estate appraiser and has been the owner of MRA Appraisals in Buzzards Bay for over 20 years and an engineer for a construction company business for over 30 years.

He is certified by the state Department of Revenue to assess all properties in Wareham.

Giberti has a degree from Cornell and has previously been on the Prudential Committee.

He said he was running, “To be sure the assessments levied on the property owners are fair and equitable.”

“I went through the debacle of the 80s when the state came in and straightened everything out and I certainly don’t want to go through that again,” he said.

Porter said she worked in construction for 43 years and has been a member of the Finance Committee, the Master Plan Committee and was Water Commissioner in the Wareham Fire District for six years.

“I have a strong accounting background and I’m great with numbers,” she said. “I would want the assessments to be fair and be able to set the tax rate in a timely manner.”

Current School Committee member Cliff Sylvia and former dean of students and teacher at Wareham High School Mel Lazarus will be running unopposed for the two School Committee seats.

“Even though it is April Fool’s Day on Tuesday please don’t forget to vote,” Lazarus said.