HEBRON — Hebron residents at the town meeting Saturday approved Article 6 and authorized the Select Board to add a town administrator position.

The governance change aggregates responsibilities that have traditionally been split between the town’s three-member Select Board and will provide a single public-facing official able to quickly respond to taxpayers’ questions and concerns.

Hebron voters passed the town’s proposed $1.18 million budget and authorized the Select Board to create a town administrator position during March 15’s annual town meeting.

An ad hoc committee tasked last year with studying the most practical solution for Hebron’s future leadership had originally recommended a full-time administrative assistant. But after conferring with its legal counsel, selectmen opted to propose a 30- to 32-hour position that would incorporate treasurer duties into the job description.

All articles on the town’s $1.18 million budget passed as recommended by the budget committee. Seventy-seven voters attended the meeting, which ran for a little less than three hours.

Voters authorized the town to tap up to $100,000 from the undesignated fund balance for the purchase of a new highway department truck, which will be delivered this month. The purchase was approved during last year’s town meeting, with $110,000 appropriated from the Highway Truck Reserve Account and $100,000 from the undesignated balance fund, but the Select Board needed voter approval to spend the money now.

Selectmen had requested allocating another $50,000 from the undesignated fund balance for the truck, but residents voted to instead authorize $10,000, the amount recommended by the budget committee.

Voters also chose two new selectmen Saturday. Butch Asselin, who retired four years ago as Oxford’s town manager, was elected to a three-year term, replacing Gino Valeriano, who did not seek a second term. Asselin was the only candidate in the running.

Joseph Chretien won a one-year term as second selectman, replacing Derek Pike, who recently resigned. Marylin Newell and Zachary Bisson also stood for the position.

Newell was then voted to serve as one of Hebron’s two directors on Maine School Administrative District 17’s school board, replacing outgoing director Amanda Fearon.

Jim Reid was reelected as trustee to the Moody Library board of directors. Fred Greenwood was reelected and Garrett McCafferty was elected to the town’s budget committee.