At the first night of Milton Annual Town Meeting at First Parish Church six articles were passed.

The first five articles of the 2012 Warrant were approved with out discussion. Article 6, which pertains to funding for collective bargaining was continued to Tuesday night because Moderator Brian Walsh anticipated a lengthy discussion and the need for a PowerPoint presentation, a technology option not available at the church.

Article 7, which the Warrant Committee recommended to appropriate the sum of $1,855,060 to fund capital improvements in town, spurred the longest conversation on Monday and was ultimately accepted with two friendly amendments.

The first friendly amendment to the article, which features an itemized list of improvements for various town buildings and departments, afforded the departments the ability to sell unused vehicles or equipment to fund new items. The Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Warrant Committee accepted this recommendation.

A specific line item for the DPW, which recommended $200,000 for “Pavement Management Funding Chapter 90 Shortfall” was ultimately changed to “Infrastructure Improvements- Streets and Ways.”

The recommended changes were added to Article 7, which was then accepted by Town Meeting.

Below are the warrant articles that were considered on Monday and the result of the votes.

ARTICLE 1 To hear and act upon the report of the Town Accountant and other Town Officers and Committees.

Town Meeting unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Warrant Committee to vote “Yes.”

ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17.

Town Meeting unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Warrant Committee to vote “Yes.”

ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.

Town Meeting unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Warrant Committee to vote “Yes.”

ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer to enter into compensating balance agreements during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 53F; and to act on anything relating thereto.

Town Meeting unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Warrant Committee to vote “Yes.”

ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens to consider such proceedings of the Legislature and State Boards and Commissions as may affect the interest of the Town, and confer as they may think expedient with the Selectmen in regard to the employment of counsel to represent the Town in any such proceedings; the members of such committee to hold office until the final adjournment of the next Annual Town Meeting and until the appointment of any succeeding committee authorized at such meeting.

Town Meeting unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Warrant Committee to vote “Yes.”

ARTICLE 7 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for capital items; to determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by borrowing or otherwise; and to act on anything relating thereto.

Town Meeting voted “Yes” with some members opposed.