Bessemer hires Mandy Lake as city manager

By PAMELA JANSSON

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BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council voted on Monday evening to hire Mandy Lake as the new city manager.

The action is pending the negotiation of Lake’s new city contract.

Lake has been the interim city manager for nearly seven months.

The council had named her to that role on March 25 after the resignation of previous city manager Christopher Frazer on March 15.

Originally from Detroit, Frazer had started the job on Nov. 6, 2023, soon after Lake had been hired as clerk/treasurer on Oct. 2 of that year. She continued to carry that role after becomi...