At a special town meeting Tuesday, West Tisbury voters will consider whether to spend money to hire a part-time administrative assistant in the town hall, and whether to grant the selectmen authority to sell three affordable lots in the Bailey Park subdivision off Old County Road.

The special town meeting — the first in West Tisbury in three years — begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury School. Moderator F. Patrick Gregory will preside over the session.

Selectmen scheduled the town meeting last month after some disagreements with the town affordable housing committee over bid specifications, ground leases and other details associated with the Bailey Park project. The matter was referred to town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport, who found the committee did not have the authority to convey the property.

Bailey Park includes three substandard lots that were taken by the town in tax foreclosure in 2007. The area is now planned as an affordable housing project; in 2008 the town agreed to spend $45,000 in Community Preservation Act money to develop three units of affordable housing there.

Voters will consider two articles pertaining to the Bailey Park proposal. The first would authorize selectmen to sell the lots under the conditions outlined in a request for proposals; the second would authorize the selectmen to sell, transfer or lease the property in case no bidders respond to the request for proposals.

Another article would take $7,160 from two separate line items in next year’s budget to fund a new part-time assistant in town hall. Town administrator Jen Rand has described it as a floater position, to assist with a variety of tasks, including filling in for staff who are on vacation or out sick.

At the selectmen’s meeting this week, selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter 3rd said he opposes the article.

Voters will also consider an article to change the number of members and set term limits for the town affordable housing trust. When the trust was first created it allowed for 11 members, including the eight members of the town affordable housing committee and three selectmen. Since that time the membership on the affordable housing committee has been reduced.

The fifth article may be withdrawn on the meeting floor if the state legislature does not enact a law allowing towns to create a trust fund for post-retirement benefits. The same article was postponed at the April annual town meeting.