Six candidates are vying for three council seats in the March election.

Three incumbents -- Normand Longval, Paul Roy and Bob Young -- announced in December they would run again. By the end of January, three more had filed as candidates for the seats: former six-year council member Bill Greiner and first-time candidates Max Darbouze and William Juch.

The six hail from different backgrounds and have varying campaign platforms, but all share in the goal of decreasing the tax burden on taxpayers by bringing more businesses into town.

Greiner said he would bring an extensive background in business with him as a councilor when examining the town budget.

After various finance-related work, including a hedge fund he ran for most of the 1990s, Greiner said since 2002 he has been investing in various business ventures and real estate. Besides budget concerns, he says his ties to the business world could also be useful in fundraising for the Bedford Village Common, citing a similar role he had in mustering business support for the Timber Town playground.

A third priority is the latest push for economic development by the town. Greiner said Bedford needs to carefully shape the process, ensuring it brings in the right kind of businesses that will benefit the community.

“I think I’ve got a pretty good perspective on the types of projects that make sense,” he said.

Max Darbouze also thinks business growth is the solution to the tax burden homeowners are shouldering. He said he has spoken with a lot of people who are leaving town because of it.

“We don’t want people moving out of Bedford because of the taxes,” Darbouze said. “Bedford is a great place to live.”

Darbouze, a former CEO of the Notre Dame Security firm and a pastor of Grace of God Church in Manchester, said he also is concerned about the conditions of roads in town, which he said have “potholes everywhere.”

William Juch, a third candidate, says he can do for Bedford what he did for Nashua and southern New Hampshire when his former consulting firm, The Spiral Group, devised a plan to market the area to specific businesses.

“I just want to make sure these things are brought to bear as we move forward so that we have strategic economic growth that’s done intelligently,” Juch said.

Juch, whose business background includes work with electronic financial systems, says he has ideas for how the town can restructure some of its contracts to improve the services it is receiving. Also, he says his experience will be handy when weighing the tradeoff between budget cuts and the impact to town services.

The three incumbent councilors aired their platforms in December, saying they wanted to give voters early notice of their candidacies. While running as independents, the three have praised the teamwork and civility of the Town Council.

“We’ve moved the Town Council into an open, independent, consensus-building town council,” said Bob Young. “I’m running ... to maintain that process.”

Roy, who at first had been leaning toward bowing out, said he decided for another go because members are now working as a team.

Longval said economic concerns were keeping him focused on the budget.

“I think we’ve been very frugal in our decisions, and I think we’re going to continue doing this until things turn around,” he said.