Tisbury voters face a relatively straightforward task at their annual town election on Tuesday, with no particularly controversial ballot questions, and few election contests.

Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.

What would have been the major contest of the election — that of selectman — was decided some six weeks ago.

Tisbury attorney Geoghan Coogan had planned to run against the incumbent, Denys Wortman, but when Mr. Wortman heard of it, he promptly decided not to re-contest the seat.

He told the March 3 meeting of the selectmen of his decision to step down, and immediately offered his endorsement to Mr. Coogan.

Mr. Wortman, who turned 71 this week, said age was a factor. Mr. Coogan is 32.

“Yes, I would have been willing to run for one more term,” Mr. Wortman said. “But when a young person came along, who I think would be really good and have a lot of energy, I decided to step aside.”

And so Mr. Coogan was the only nominee.

Of the handful of contests, perhaps the most interesting is for water commissioner. The role of the commission was recast at last week’s town meeting, after long years of turf wars between its members and the selectmen.

Now Roland M. Miller, one of the people who engineered the change through the Tisbury waterworks charter review committee, is challenging Ralph M. Packer for his seat.

Mr. Miller is running as a reform candidate. His campaign literature notes the town meeting unanimously approved the changes he recommended to the governance and operation of the water works, and suggests he should now take a hand in implementing those changes.

There will be competition, too, for positions as public works commissioners.

Two three-year positions are up for election and there are three candidates. Former selectman and regular critic of the operations of the DPW, Thomas W. Pachico is hoping to defeat either Arthur B. Dickson or John Thayer, who are seeking re-election.

Another public works commissioner position, this one for two years, amounts to the most hotly-contested position on the ballot in that three people, none of them an incumbent, are in the running. They are Leo P. DeSorcy, Nancy E. Hall and Timothy S. Stobie.

The final contest is for library trustee. Three positions are open and there are four candidates. Two, Nan C. Carter and Jo B. Weinberg are seeking re-election. The other two are Anna Marie D’Addarie and Pamela S. Street.

All other positions are uncontested and a couple have no candidates.

The two constable positions, for example, have two nominees, both seeking re-election. Likewise the one assessor position. And the school committee position.

For the three, three-year positions on the finance and advisory committee, there are three candidates, two of whom are seeking re-election.

Another two-year position on the finance committee attracted no nominations. Nor did a five-year post on the planning board.

Voters also will consider nine ballot questions, although only eight of the results will count.

Question six, which relates to a proposal to assess an extra $1.56 million in taxes to fund the town’s post employment benefit liabilities, appears on the ballot, but because it was voted down during a corresponding warrant article at last week’s town meeting, the matter has been decided.

Question one on the ballot also has changed as a result of town meeting deliberations. While the printed question on the ballot still refers to the design and construction of a new connector road between Vineyard Haven-Edgartown and State Roads, money for the construction was voted down at town meeting.

Voters did, however, approve $350,000 for the connector road’s design, as well as $1.5 million for work on other streets and sidewalks in town.