CHAPEL HILL - Town Council member Mark Kleinschmidt has been one of the most ardent proponents of the town's new voter-owned elections program and its campaign-spending limits.

Now he'll have to try and out-campaign at least three mayoral opponents who can spend as much as they want.

Kleinschmidt has agreed to collect at least $1,500 from at least 150 different people, to raise no more than $6,000 in total, and to spend no more than $15,000 in his effort to replace retiring Mayor Kevin Foy. Up to $9,000 could come from town funds for the mayor's race, under the town's new pilot public financing program.

Augustus Cho and Kevin Wolff don't plan to use taxpayer money. Nor does Town Council member Matt Czajkowski, who has sparred with Kleinschmidt over the program.

In 2007, Czajkowski collected about $2,500 in contributions from about two dozen citizens and spent about $18,000 of his own money getting elected. Kleinschmidt spent about $5,400 in his re-election campaign that year.

Penny Rich, who narrowly lost to Czajkowski for the last seat on the council in 2007, is the only other candidate to agree to the spending limits. As a council candidate, she can raise no more than $3,000 and spend no more than $6,000.

The deadline for applying to run in local races is Friday. Here are the filings as of Monday:

CARRBORO

For mayor: Mark Chilton*

For Board of Aldermen (3 seats): Jacquie Gist*, Randee Haven-O'Donnell*, Sammy Slade

CHAPEL HILL

For mayor: Augustus Cho, Matt Czajkowski, Mark Kleinschmidt, Kevin Wolff

For Town Council (4 seats): Jon Dehart, Gene Pease, Matt Pohlman, Penny Rich

HILLSBOROUGH

For mayor: Tom Stevens*

For Town Board (2 seats): Frances Dancy*, Mike Gering*, Bryant Kelly Warren Jr.

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCHOOL BOARD

(3 seats): Michelle Brownstein, J.M. (Joe) Green, MaryAnne Gucciardi, Gary Wallach

*incumbent