How to Use city manager in a Sentence

city manager

noun
  • The city manager and a lawyer for the city did not reply to months of calls for comment.
    — Challen Stephens | Cstephens@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But day-to-day, a city manager runs things at city hall.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The city manager plans to discuss the Queen Mary with the City Council next month, the statement said.
    — Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • In Phoenix, hiring a police chief falls to the city manager.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Our roads are all some of the best quality in the county and our city manager one of the very best.
    — Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The city, about 30 miles north of Boston, is run by a city manager picked by the council.
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The city manager estimated the cost to make the changes would be around 3,500.
    — Rachel Trent, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • There was no clear agenda for the session, called by the city manager.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The stable of city managers in OC 2.0 would be leaner and meaner, too.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
  • That was a profile of courage moment for the city manager.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Perales will be the second city manager to leave Leon Valley in less than two years.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • On Sunday, Wright will end her hunger strike her way, with digs at the mayor and city manager.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Rob Hauck, Tomball city manager, opened the ribbon cutting and said this may be the best day of 2020 for many people.
    — Paul Wedding, Houston Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The Fairbanks plan would add a center turn lane, city manager Randy Knight said.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Springfield's city manager pushed back against the claims.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Gandurski was the deputy city manager for the city of Evanston.
    — Emily Little, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • And as the city manager said, there were other backups.
    — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Applications were due last week, and the city manager hopes to name a new chief soon.
    — Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • About a month later, Garza wrote a scathing letter about Austin police to the city manager.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Springfield's city manager has also called for an end to the spread of rumors.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Fire chief Don Bennett was named acting city manager and served in that role for 13 months.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • Babinec, the city manager, warned that adding more courts would mean taking something else away.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Weiss, a former city manager and long-time city staffer, was picked by the council to finish the fourth term of Mayor Jim Wood.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Voters passed two of the amendments, including a salary cap for the city manager.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The city manager canceled the agreement three days later.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, Hopkins became the assistant city manager and, last November, the council asked him to fill in as the acting city manager.
    — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Under Biss’ leadership, nearly all of the experienced and qualified candidates for city manager failed to advance in 2022.
    — Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025

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