The 121st annual Onset Fire District meeting Monday night went off without a hitch -- almost.

Although 25 of the 26 articles were approved, with only one withdrawn for further study, the issue voters brought to the Prudential Committee were of a syntactic nature. Some voters felt that the wording of certain articles -- Article 6, in particular -- were “deceiving.”

Article 6 broke down the total appropriations for miscellaneous expenses, such as meetings and elections, district insurance, and legal fees. However, because the article the moderator read aloud more explicitly broke down the various line items listed, a voter believed she did not have the correct documents.

The same resident also took issue with the fact that the salary of the assistant to the clerk-treasurer was not listed as its own item in Article 6. She said the assistant should have her own expense line, rather than being listed under the general expenses of the clerk-treasurer.

Prudential Committee Clerk Marcine Fernandes defended the wording of the documents, saying that they have been this way for many years, but said she was open to making the wording more explicit.

“I don’t have an issue with that, but we have been following this [form] forever, and it’s never been an issue to that payment to that person,” Fernandes said. “But if the voters want it separated out, we can do that.”

Prudential Committee Chairman Charles Klueber echoed Fernandes, and assured that the wording “will be corrected in future years.”

After a few more clarifications, voters approved Article 6. The budget listed for fiscal year 2016 in the article is $710,530, and is $106,793 less than fiscal year 2015’s budget.

Among the other articles voters approved were a motion to transfer $325,000 from free cash to the fire station fund. The fund, which saw the same amount of money transferred to it last year, will now have $650,000 in it. The money will go towards a new Onset fire station.

Onset Fire Chief Ray Goodwin has said a new station is desperately needed to replace the current station, which has not been changed much since the 1950s, when it was built. Any repairs or changes to the station have largely been done by firefighters.

Voters also approved various articles that would allow the Water Department, which has not met its revenue commitment for three years, to continue to serve the town, while making changes to get out of the financial red zone.

Following the meeting, Fernandes and fellow Prudential Committee member Pamela Pike said they welcome questions, and that they believe the Prudential Committee has been very fiscally responsible.

“We put aside money for future endeavors, so we don’t have to cost taxpayers any more than we have to,” Fernandes said.