How to Use city manager in a Sentence

city manager

noun

• The city, about 30 miles north of Boston, is run by a city manager picked by the council.
  — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2022
• About a month later, Garza wrote a scathing letter about Austin police to the city manager.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• The policy states that requests may be proposed by the mayor or a council member and submitted to the city manager for review.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• And the city manager — who would later move to fire Acevedo for other reasons — said the chief’s stance would have created a clash with the governor.
  — Charles Rabin, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• City Council hires the city manager, who essentially acts as a CEO.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2021
• The omicron variant has been detected in the Altamonte Springs wastewater plant, the city manager said.
  — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2021
• The city manager takes care of day-to-day needs within the city and reports to the City Council, which must approve various things like contracts and the tax rate.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2021
• Paulos is taking the place of Jared Werner who was promoted to assistant city manager, according to a city news release.
  — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
• However, the Independence city manager’s office declared the first and second floors, along with the basement, condemned due to smoke and fire damage.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024
• Palmer is making water available after concerns surfaced about problems finding water in stores earlier this week, city manager John Moosey said.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2022
• The city of Little Rock is looking to restart a program that paid homeless individuals an hourly wage for day labor sometime in the spring, according to the city manager.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2021
• In Phoenix, hiring a police chief falls to the city manager.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
• The stable of city managers in OC 2.0 would be leaner and meaner, too.
  — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
• And the sum, while hefty, is in line with what several other city managers in the region earn.
  — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The city later changed to a city manager form of government.
  — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
• The first task for the council is to begin its city manager search, Cogan said.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2024
• The Fairbanks plan would add a center turn lane, city manager Randy Knight said.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• Fire chief Don Bennett was named acting city manager and served in that role for 13 months.
  — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
• The city manager canceled the agreement three days later.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2022
• The city manager, hired by the city council, would carry out the policies and vision of the council while running the city like a business.
  — Scott Turner | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2022
• The release stated that the City Council wanted to start the city manager search over using a new research firm to aid in the process.
  — Emily Little, chicagotribune.com, 17 Feb. 2022
• Charlottesville has yet to name a new police chief, and the city manager job remains open.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
• Phoenix's city manager is Jeff Barton, a long-time city employee who worked his way up the ranks.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• In neighboring South Ogden, Matt Dixon, the city manager, is seeing the same thing.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2022
• To his surprise, Valley View’s city manager at the time, Mary Hakze, approved.
  — Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Earp was serving as the interim city manager at the time, the woman recalled.
  — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Beaty ran the idea by the city manager and the Beaverton City Council before making the decision.
  — oregonlive, 7 June 2022
• Jack McGrory has helped make a lot happen in San Diego — both during his time as city manager and in the decades since.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• Ottawa’s city manager said all tow-truck companies on contract with the city have refused to haul away the big rigs.
  — Rob Gillies and Tracey Lindeman, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2022
• Council sets policy, the mayor oversees meetings and acts as a figurehead for the public, and an unelected city manager makes sure trash gets picked up.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024