city manager

noun

: an official employed by an elected council to direct the administration of a city government

Examples of city manager in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hudak, a former Miami-Dade deputy mayor, was hired as city manager in Miami Beach in 2021 with a contract that expires in April 2025. Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 Grant Kleinhenz, city manager at Speedway, said the town has drafted a response to IDEM that is currently being reviewed before being sent to the state. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024 Sable held a position as assistant city manager and human resources director in Maplewood from 2019 to 2021, leaving for an adjacent role in Bloomington before returning to Maplewood. Anna Pearson, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024 Those storms — followed by Tropical Storm Hillary, which last summer wiped out a stretch of Highway 38 — really drove home the need to get local infrastructure ready for the likelihood of more wild weather in the years to come, according to Erik Sund, city manager for Big Bear Lake. Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2024 Todd Smith, city manager in Greeneville, Tenn., said 29 workers were hospitalized and 53 evaluated for possibile illnesses after a leak of anhydrous ammonia at the La Quesera Mexicana cheese factory, with 25 still being treated as of noon on Wednesday. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2023 The city of Maplewood has named Mike Sable its next city manager following the departure of Melinda Coleman. Anna Pearson, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024 The city has billed the state for more than $10,000 in damage, according to the interim city manager, Ivan Morua, mostly from trucks driving over the grass and damaging water lines. J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024 The 3 to 2 vote to kick Espino out of City Hall followed a similarly narrow vote on Jan. 31 to fire his wife, Barbara Hernandez, as Doral’s city manager — a vote precipitated by allegations that Hernandez had abused city resources to benefit her husband. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of city manager was in 1909

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“City manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20manager. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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city manager

noun
: an official employed by an elected council to direct the administration of a city government

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