SOUTHAMPTON — Voters will decide on a nine-article warrant at a special Town Meeting Saturday, prepping for the future by asking for permission to purchase a new ambulance and dump truck while closing out the current fiscal year.

The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at Norris Elementary School. Article 1 asks voters to approve transferring $200,000 from operational stabilization funds toward the Hampshire Regional School District to pay past for unexpected costs recently discovered.

Town Administrator Scott Szczebak explained at a recent Select Board meeting that the district found outstanding bills that need to be paid by its five member towns as dues to central office. The payment is part of a three-year plan created last year, after the district’s new administration uncovered the costs that were not previously paid.

“About three or four years ago Hampshire Regional did not bill the towns within the regional school district their ongoing central office costs,” Szczebak said at the board’s June 1 meeting.

Southampton will pay a total of approximately $650,000 to the district through the plan that started with $200,000 last year. If the article passes Saturday, the town will make another $200,000 this year, with the balance of $250,000 being paid next year, Szczebak said.

Articles 5 asks voters to approve up to $600,000 to be appropriated or borrowed to buy a new ambulance for the Fire Department, while Article 6 would allow the same actions for up to $400,000 to purchase a new dump truck.

Szczebak said over the last several months he created an outline of capital project needs, such as town vehicles, building repairs or infrastructure, with the ambulance and dump truck being two “glaring” needs. The reason they are being asked for now, Szczebak said, is that the vehicles can take up to three years to be delivered.

With a $1.9 million Proposition 2½ override passing at Town Election in May, $300,000 is going toward capital spending that would contribute to the purchases of the two vehicles. Other funding is not confirmed, but it can be paid through a bond, Szczebak said.

This money will be overseen by the Finance Committee, after it absorbed the Capital Improvement Committee with approval at the annual Town Meeting in May.

“This just allows authorization for them [the Finance Committee] to actually go out and borrow through the treasurer for that amount of money,” Szczebak said, adding the $300,000 probably wouldn’t be used for at least two years.

Article 3, if passed, would establish an Accessibility Commission that would support ongoing efforts to make the town compliant with the American Disabilities Act of 1991 throughout the town, looking at potential improvements.

“We do believe that this does not only have benefits for people with disabilities but anything we can do to improve accessibility, it benefits all of us,” Select Board Chair Christine Fowles said about the commission at the June 1 meeting.

Article 8 asks to appropriate $424,800 from Community Preservation Act funds to purchase 75 acres of the Tripple Brook property — about half of the total acreage — located near 37 Middle Road. The remaining articles are bylaw amendments or financial transfers for less than $42,000.