Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By P.J. GLISSON
BESSEMER — At a special meeting on Monday evening, members of the Bessemer City Council voted to offer the position of city manager to Ian Lewis, a U.P. candidate with a history in Ironwood.
The motion included an annual salary offer of $78,000 in addition to three weeks of vacation for the first two years, plus other holidays, personal days and benefits commensurate with the city’s overall union-negotiated terms.
The contract also would allow the council to terminate the city manager with cause at any time.
Councilwoman Linda Nelson will offer Lewis the...