Village of Sharon Springs voters will chose between two candidates for mayor when they go to the polls next Tuesday.
Running for mayor are Doug Plummer and Dennis Tobin.
They'll be joined on the ballot by four trustee candidates for three slots.
Denise Kelly is running unopposed for a three-year term to fill the vacancy created by Claude Jackson's resignation-a post she was appointed to this winter.
Running for two four-year terms are Jim Navilio, Jeff White, and Michael Wolfe.
Mr. Navilio is currently serving as trustee; he was appointed to fill out the term of longtime trustee Joan Jozifek.
Mr. Plummer's trustee post is the other seat to be filled; voting will be from noon-9pm at the Village/Town Building at 129 Main Street.

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Dennis Tobin is retired from New York State and though he hasn't served on the village or town board here, he was active in the CSEA leadership during his 28-year career.
He ran for Sharon Highway Superintendent a few years ago and said he did "pretty well," something that's encouraged him to run for mayor.
"I have grandchildren here and I'm interested on what goes on in the village-especially in the upper end," Mr. Tobin said.
"We've been doing a lot of work in lower village and that's great. But we can't forget the kids at our end and on Route 20."
Mr. Tobin is a constant walker and said he supports efforts to find grants for things like badly-needed sidewalk improvements.
He'd like to see taxes reduced, but realizes that might be easier said than done.
"Taxes are always on people's minds," he said. "There might not be anything more that we can do to bring them down, but it's important to always be looking at ways to cut costs."
Mr. Tobin said his interest in public service comes through his grandmother, who was involved in New York City politics her entire life; he helped her in tasks like handing out literature.
He served as vice president and then, for 17 years, as president of his local CSEA, as regional vice president for New York City, and as a board director for two terms.
Mr. Tobin said his biggest strength may be his common sense.
"I can learn," he said, "and I'm not afraid to ask questions. I'm willing to give being mayor a shot."
Mr. Tobin's wife, Rita, just died last Monday, but he said she would have told him to stay in the race.
"She kept telling me to stay with it," he said. So I will. She was behind me all the way."
Doug Plummer is the village's deputy mayor and has served as trustee for eight years.
He's running for mayor because he thinks it's important to keep the village moving forward proactively-instead of just reacting to things as they happen.
A case in point is Sharon Springs Inc.'s on-again, off-again plans for the Imperial Baths.
Mr. Plummer has had trepidations about the project since the very beginning-largely because developers' plans have changed so many times and nothing's really happened.
Now, Mr. Plummer said, cautiously optimistic that that's about to change and he wants "to be in the driver's seat" in helping the village make the most of the project.
"It's not really up to the village. They own these buildings and their plans and we'd be fools not to want a $6 million investment and the jobs and taxes it would bring," he said.
"But the last plan...there was a wall in front of our springs-which have always been assessable to the public. That's not the kind of thing we can support."
Mr. Plummer said he'd also like the village to explore more green technology-things like solar energy, composting, and more aggressive recycling-as a way to save money and "test drive" some of it for residents.
"Knowledge is power," he said. "We are the perfect size for some of these ideas...I've always said: If you can dream it, you can achieve it."
Mr. Plummer and his husband, Garth Roberts, own and operate The American Hotel, which they purchased in 1996 and spent five years restoring before reopening it as a restaurant and hotel.