BANGOR – City councilors this week approved a long list of appointments to boards, committees and commissions.

Sometimes the city has been forced to issue reminders to prod people into applying. But this year saw more applicants than positions, with the most sought-after seats being those on the planning board and historic preservation commission.

In all, about 45 residents submitted applications and underwent interviews for the 33 positions filled to date, according to City Clerk Patti Dubois.

Remaining to be filled are vacancies on the Bangor Housing Authority board of trustees, which have yet to be decided, she said.

Following are the appointments, all of which are for three-year terms unless otherwise indicated:

. Appeals board: Miles Theeman, Judith Thornton.

. Board of assessment review: Matthew Thomas, Charles Nick Bearce, regular members; Marty Wharton, associate member.

. Ethics board: Gerald Oleson, regular member; Eugene Coughlin, associate member.

. Cultural development commission: John Rohman, Orion Breen.

. Firearms discharge committee: Aaron Sterling.

. Harbor committee: Robert Woods, one year.

. Historic preservation commission: Donald Lewis III, regular member, one year; Charles Boothby, regular member; Denise Simoneau, associate member, two years; Karen Hornberger, regular member.

. Penjajawoc Marsh-Bangor Mall management commission: Lucy Quimby, Bangor Land Trust representative; Marion Rudnicki, property owner representative; Jacqueline Hewitt, business owner representative; Hope Brogunier, environmental representative.

. Parks and recreation advisory committee: James Caron, Daniel Field; Matthew Donahue, two years.

. Planning board: Alice Brown, Doug Damon; Ernest Jeffry Barnes, one year.

. Recycling advisory committee: Jay Dresser, Robert Sypitkowski.

. Sophia Kirstein Scholarship Fund trustee: Erica Caron, six years.

. Tree board: James Leonard, landscape architect representative; Wayne Burkhart, arboriculture representative.

. Water district board of trustees: G. Richard Doll, Ralph Foss, Laurel Grosjean.