Appointments delayed for civic center trustees
The Cumberland County commissioners have delayed until April the appointment of four new members to the Cumberland County Civic Center’s board of trustees despite pressure from Portland-area business leaders to install new trustees as a way to restart lease negotiations with the Portland Pirates hockey team.
The Portland Press Herald reported the commissioners decided Friday to postpone changes to the nine-member board of trustees, allowing the current board to stay on through a March ribbon-cutting event marking the completion of the civic center’s $34 million renovation. Neil Jamieson, chairman of the county commissioners, said the commissioners received 44 applications for the four unpaid trustee positions.
In April, the commissioners will fill the seats of Bill Troubh, who died Dec. 6, and board Chairman Neal Pratt, Gary Plummer and Joe Bruno. Trustees typically serve three years, but the statute dealing with commission appointments does not require them to occur at a specific interval, the paper reported.
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