A city councilor’s accusations against Bangor’s former finance director cost the city nearly $100,000 in severance pay and fees for an investigation that found no evidence of wrongdoing.

David Little, the city’s former finance director, resigned in May, five days after City Councilor Joe Leonard accused Little during a public meeting of lying and misallocating resources.

The city paid Little $80,916, equal to seven and a half months of salary, as part of a separation agreement wherein Little agreed not to sue the city over the accusations, according to documents obtained by the Bangor Daily News through a Freedom of Access Act request.

Bangor also paid $9,641 for law firm Rudman Winchell to investigate Leonard’s claims, invoices revealed.

The documents provide closure from a week

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