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Selectmen approve nominees for $109 million school building committee
Summary
The Portland Board of Selectmen voted to approve a nine-member school building committee to oversee a $109,000,000 two-school project, after a presentation on the selection process and several questions about transparency and conflicts of interest.
The Portland Board of Selectmen voted to adopt a slate of nominees for a school building committee that will guide a $109,000,000 program to build two schools. A board member moved to adopt the committee as presented; the motion was seconded and the chair called the vote, after which the board declared the motion passed.
First Selectman (speaker 1) framed the vote as a milestone, saying, "We have a $109,000,000 to put together 2 great schools and make this school system the best that it can be." Dr. Charles Britton, who led the vetting process, recommended the nominees and said he "stands behind them a 100%." The motion, moved by a committee member (speaker 2) and seconded by another member (speaker 4), listed the nominees and alternates presented at the meeting.
Board members praised the vetting process and the depth of applicants. The meeting record shows the board emphasized that committee meetings will be public and that resumes and meeting notes will be available to the community as the multi-year project moves forward.
