Tisbury’s select board has approved a dozen draft articles for the Sept. 30 special town meeting warrant, which the board will finalize at its Sept. 2 meeting.

Proposed expenditures range from $10,300 for a set of three solar-powered speed-reading traffic signs to more than $1 million the town has already earmarked for a fire department pumper engine.

Voters also will be asked to approve $45,000 for an expert analysis of Tisbury’s financial capacity to manage its debt from current and upcoming capital projects. 

If approved, the money also would fund a five-year financial forecast, a five-year capital improvement plan and a debt analysis, according to the draft article reviewed at last Tuesday’s board meeting.

While the draft referred specifically to the town’s share of costs for the proposed Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School construction project, that language was cut from the article after strong objections from select board member Roy Cutrer. 

“The way it’s written, it feels to me like someone is fishing for reasons to stop the high school project,” Mr. Cutrer said.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s unacceptable,” he said.

The draft language also didn’t match up with the proposal for the financial assessment, to be performed by the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at Boston University, town administrator Joseph LaCivita told the board.

“There’s not one mention of the school project in the overall proposal,” said Mr. LaCivita, who apologized for the misleading draft.

Board members voted to edit the article so that it refers generally to major upcoming capital improvement projects. 

Along with its share of the high school costs, Tisbury also faces a still-unknown amount of borrowing to fund a consolidated municipal services center, for which a $600,000, voter-approved feasibility study of town property is under way to identify potential building sites.

Tisbury taxpayers already are paying for the town school’s $81 million renovation and addition, and last December agreed to borrow $4.8 million to renovate and expand the Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Other draft warrant articles reviewed Tuesday include a new bylaw prohibiting unattached trailers from on-street parking and assessing fines for violations. 

“Hopefully the winter months will not see any trailers or boats left on our streets,” said Mr. LaCivita, noting that the unhooked equipment interferes with street cleaning and road management.

Last week’s votes were not the final word on the special town meeting warrant: The select board has an opportunity to amend or delete articles when it meets to close the warrant next Tuesday at 4 p.m.