city manager

noun

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

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Portland is expanding its City Council from five to 12 members, who will be elected by voters in individual districts rather than citywide, and adding a city manager position. —

Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 Trump initially made the claim during the ABC News presidential debate last month, but he was fact-checked by co-moderator David Muir, who noted that Springfield’s city manager said that there was no evidence that immigrants were eating people’s pets. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024 About 5% of cities in the Bluegrass state have a city manager form of government, according to the Kentucky League of Cities. —

Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2024 Earlier this year, Bryan Heck, Springfield’s city manager, wrote a letter to US Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, requesting additional federal support for the city. —

Chelsea Bailey, Meridith Edwards and Omar Jimenez, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for city manager