As Epsom’s Town Meeting and elections approach, residents will have to decide whether a three-member or five-member Board of Selectmen is the way to go.

Last year, voters passed a petitioned warrant article to cut two seats off the board, meaning only three people would be elected this March. The petitioners had hoped to oust certain selectmen from their seats before their terms expired.

A petitioned warrant article that would reverse that decision came in late, but still before the deadline this year, from a citizen. A public hearing on the warrant article will take place at the Epsom Fire Station on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m.

Joanne Randall, elected to the Epsom Board of Selectmen last March, favors a three-member board.

“I believe more work gets done with fewer people. There is a lot of work, but if the BOS allows department heads to do their jobs instead of BOS micromanaging departments, there will be less work, just delegation and follow up,” Randall said, adding she feels working in larger groups decreases overall productivity.