Edgartown voters knocked out 63 warrant articles in just over two hours at annual town meeting Tuesday night, passing every article with minimal discussion or debate.

Longtime moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. kept the meeting moving swiftly forward for a crowd of voters eager to settle on town spending for the coming year.

The meeting opened with a word from several town representatives on more pertinent spending issues.

Board of assessors member Alan Gowell explained the implications of the Proposition 2 1/2 override questions attached to the warrant. If passed, they will represent a seven per cent increase on tax bills. “Spend carefully,” he said.

“The wastewater commission worked really hard this year,” said wastewater facility manager Joe Alosso, to pursue funding for wastewater projects to help supplement taxpayer spending. Total grant money awarded for the year is close to $800,000, said Mr. Alosso, and should enable the town to complete all planned projects with minimal impact to the taxpayers.

Voters approved several spending articles relating to the wastewater treatment plant, totaling roughly $115,000.

Next up was Chris Scott, chairman of the new library building committee, asking voters to join the effort of revamping the plan to renovate the historic Carnegie building, which houses the town’s public library on North Water street. “There’s a really urgent need to upgrade that facility. It’s been a long process and I guess it’s going to be an even longer process. We want to come back before this meeting a year from now with a proposal for a really terrific facility,” said Mr. Scott.

Voters approved a $300,000 spending article to jump-start the architectural and engineering planning phase of the new project.

Also passed at the meeting were spending articles to use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to repair or restore several historic landmarks in town, including $75,000 for Memorial Wharf, $25,000 for the town bell in the Whaling Church, some $35,000 for two Martha’s Vineyard Museum buildings, and roughly $16,000 for the county courthouse.

One voter asked if there was any way for the town to eliminate the tax surcharge that funds the CPA fund each year, since the state’s contribution has dwindled in recent years.

But selectman Arthur Smadbeck said that when the town voted the surcharge, they committed for five years, which will expire after next year. “I don’t believe we can get out of it this or next year. It’s a discussion to have when we approach the end of that,” he said.

Voters were also expedient in approving the town budget, which totaled $26.8 million and included a two per cent cost of living increase for town employees. But a line item for computer system expenses did prompt questions from voter Peter Lars Look, who asked why certain financial figures, including salary records for different elected officials, are not accessible online.

Information technology manager Adam Darack said that posting those figures electronically could spark security issues, but that figures that are a matter of public record are available upon request at the town hall.

The article that sparked the most discussion at the meeting was submitted by police chief Paul Condlin as an addition to the town code. The article asked voters to approve regulations for electric mobility devices known as Segways, and to limit their access to town roadways and walkways without a permit.

Mr. Look chided the town for overregulation, adding that he has a medical condition that is eased by using a Segway. He said that the permit requirement would stick him with a label of disabled.

But chief Condlin said the regulations had nothing to do with disabled persons, and were merely to be established as a preventative measure against nuisance. “I think it’s pretty clear it’s not intended to regulate any device used by a disabled person ... It doesn’t separate you out from anybody else,” he said. “This is anticipation. This is trying to get ahead of a problem.”

At the meeting, voters also approved;

Edgartown’s portion of several all-Island expenses, including some $40,000 for the Vineyard Health Care Access Program and roughly $12,000 for the Integrated Pest Management Program.

Amending the conservation restriction, held by the Nature Conservancy, at the Katama Airport to allow for the expansion of the airport hangar. The state legislature will also have to approve the amendment.

Spending some $325,000 to replace or improve town vehicles, including a new ambulance and police cruiser, four-track vehicles for the shellfish and parks departments, and a new engine for the Boston Whaler patrol.