Councilor· Bangor councilors serve three-year terms with three seats up each November (bangormaine.gov/446/City-Council). Start: oath of office at the Organizational Meeting of November 10, 2025 (minutes AgendaCenter _11102025-594: oath to Faloon, Carson and Walker; Nov 4, 2025 official results). month-level end: November 2028 per three-year term.
Daniel Carson
Bangor
About
Daniel Carson's campaign platform centers on increasing municipal investments in affordable housing and essential public services for the city of Bangor.
Campaign promises (1)
- developmentDaniel Carson campaigned on investing more in housing and public services for Bangor.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 34
- Total speaking time
- 2:12:11
- Avg per meeting
- 3:53
- Segments
- 1529
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Top issues during term (13)(Business Jobs)
Airport Security Checkpoint Expansion
Funded by passenger fees and airport funds — no hit to property taxes and no ticket price increase.
Downtown holiday decorations and banner program
Printing artwork in-house could keep costs low; no specific figure was discussed.
Penobscot Job Corps partnership
Proposed Bangor Film Office
Property listed at $1.1 million; no city commitment made.
Economic impact of Waterfront Concerts
Concerts support roughly 943 seasonal jobs and up to 12% of some months' restaurant and lodging sales; the direct taxpayer benefit via revenue sharing is still being quantified.
Airport land lease and FBO software
About $2,523 a month in rent to the airport, rising yearly with inflation or 3.5%.
Office of New Americans engagement in Bangor
Downtown Ambassador Program and Streetplus Contract
The special assessment isn't increasing; the current Streetplus contract runs through its third and final year, with a $1,000 PlacerAI data tool already budgeted.
AI Hub collaboration with the University of Maine
No specific cost figure was discussed at this meeting.
Roux Institute Venture Forward entrepreneurship partnership
No specific cost figure was discussed at this meeting.
Airport Equipment Replacement
Costs $61,356, with $55,000 budgeted and $6,356 in realized roof-project savings covering the rest.
Hotel shortage limiting convention business
Unknown number of lost conventions and visitor spending tied to insufficient hotel rooms.
Bangor Mall redevelopment planning money
$200,000 returned to unassigned fund balance.
Decisions during term (0)
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