city manager
10
3.5
- noun
- /ˈsɪti ˈmænədʒər/
- Specialized
:
gerente municipal
- After the previous city manager resigned, the council appointed a new city manager to oversee operations.
- assistant city manager
- city manager's office
- former city manager
And Oliver became the first city manager and, and still involved very much.
- And Oliver became the first city manager and, and still involved very much.
- And city Manager Mary Soon never wavered in her support for me during that time.
Examples
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The Ramirez family had been trying to meet with Anne Norris, city manager of Crystal, for a while.
Blog text (20) -
The financial review also determined that frequent turnover of city managers and poor communication in the city leadership significantly contributed to the financial emergency.
Academic text (2017) -
You never told me that your son was the city manager!
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My son's the city manager.
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Before then, he was the assistant city manager of Charlotte.
Blog text (5) -
The affected cities designated their city manager as the incident commander.
Academic text (1994) -
The first group of speakers consisted of a city manager, a police chief, and a county commissioner.
Academic text (2004) -
Following the change, Hamtramck's city council hired three city managers between 2005 and 2014.
Academic text (2017) -
To file a noise complaint, aggrieved parties need only inform the city manager's office.
Blog text (17) -
The new water treatment plant, named for recently retired city manager Robert W. Sokoll, is also being designed with allowances for expansion.
Academic text (2007)
How Senior
34
3.6
- Specialized
10
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the chief administrative officer responsible for managing a city's day-to-day operations' is directly and transparently built from 'city' (an urban area) + 'manager' (a person who manages operations). This noun–noun compounding follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the basic role (the appointment detail may be a pragmatic/legal nuance but does not impede overall transparency).
Etymology
City manager comes from the image of a city hiring a manager to run its 'day-to-day' work. So, the term means the person the city hires, not elects, to handle everyday operations.