Voters in North Yarmouth signed off on a minor update to the town’s charter on Nov. 5. The measure passed, 2521 votes to 410 votes. 

The amendment brings the town charter up to date with current practice, where the Select Board elects the vice chair and the board’s chair at the same time.

Town Manager Diane Barnes has called the change minor, and a measure to correct that fact that current charter language doesn’t state that the town elects a vice chair when the municipal officers are elected.

-Eloise Goldsmith and Sophie Burchell