FARMINGDALE — Two longtime community volunteers are vying for one Farmingdale Board of Selectmen seat that’s on the election ballot Friday.

David Sirois, 48, the sitting selectmen who also serves as chairman, is finishing up his first three-year term in June.

His opponent, Julian Beale, 34, is a firefighter/emergency medical technician for the Auburn Fire Department and a volunteer firefighter on the Farmingdale Fire Department.

Voters can drop by Hall-Dale High School between noon and 7 p.m. Friday to vote for a candidate to fill the selectmen’s seat and on a proposed tax-increment finance break, also called a TIF, for a natural gas pipeline planned for central Maine. The annual Town Meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the high school theater.

Sirois and Beale disagree on the tax break issue that voters will decide Friday.

Sirois and the other two selectmen voted to bring the tax increment financing issue for Kennebec Valley Gas Co. before voters in June, despite voter rejection of the tax deal at a special town meeting in December. Selectmen voted to revisit the TIF proposal on a secret ballot because they didn’t feel residents were given enough information about it at the December meeting.

Sirois believes a written ballot would be more “fair and equitable.” Kennebec Valley Gas is selling its company to the larger Summit Gas Co., based in Colorado.

Beale does not agree with the current board’s decision of bringing the TIF issue for the natural gas line back to voters.

“My opinion is the people of the town have already spoken. They voted to turn it down. (There’s no need to) rehash an issue that has already been put to rest,” he said.

Sirois works for Sheridan Construction Corp. and has lived in Farmingdale for the past 25 years. He is married and has three children. He has coached youth sports programs such as wrestling, soccer, baseball and softball.

Sirois said he’s been working hard this term and would like the opportunity to complete a few projects that the current board has started, including working with the Commons Committee to create better access to the Kennebec River Rail Trail.

The Board of Selectmen’s goal, Sirois said, is to make Farmingdale a better place to live. According to Sirois, the board has been diligent about keeping taxes down and working with Regional School Unit Board 2, which consumes the largest portion of the budget, to keep costs down.

Beale has lived in Farmingdale for 11 years. He is married, has two children, has served on the Sewer Committee and does fire prevention education in elementary schools.

Last June, he made a trip to New York City and brought back two pieces of steel that came from the collapse of the World Trade Center, which are on display at the Auburn and Farmingdale fire departments. Each department held a ceremony Sept. 11 to honor those who lost their lives and those who helped in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Beale is interested in learning about the inner workings of government and said he wants to represent the interests of Farmingdale residents.

“Overall, I just want to be the voice of the people,” he said.