Bangor hires new finance director months after predecessor resigned over ‘personal attack’

Bangor hired a new finance director on Monday, more than three months after the previous director resigned, citing an “unjust personal attack” from a city councilor.

City councilors voted unanimously to hire Stephanie Kimball to replace David Little. Little submitted his resignation May 12, five days after Joe Leonard, a Bangor city councilor, accused Little of lying and misallocating resources in a May 7 council budget workshop.

Leonard’s accusations were unfounded, according to an outside investigation.

Kimball’s appointment ends a months-long saga that cost the city nearly $100,000 and resulted in a sitting city councilor’s second censure.

Kimball served as acting finance director after Little left the position in July. She started working in Bangor about two months prior to that