How to Use city manager in a Sentence

city manager

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Sturner@al.com, al, 29 June 2022
  • Buckeye is on the hunt for a new city manager who understands the city's water needs.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • This story was updated to include comment from Charles Lino, Pecos' city manager.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Mayor Keith Wilson recently announced that roughly 700 city managers and supervisors would be required to work in-office, full time.
    — Kale Williams, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025

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