In a 13-2 vote Wednesday afternoon, the Dallas City Council selected Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as the next city manager. Tolbert has been the interim city manager since the position became vacant last June following the departure of former City Manager T.

Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert’s base salary makes her the third-highest-paid city manager in Texas behind her old boss in Austin and San Antonio’s top executive. The City Council voted 13-2 on Wednesday to select Tolbert as Dallas’ 19th city manager and set her salary at $450,

Dallas City Council members met behind closed doors on Wednesday morning to discuss hiring one of the three finalists for the role -- interim Dallas City Manager Kim Tolbert, assistant Fort Worth City Manager William Johnson, or assistant Sacramento City Manager Mario Lara. After that deliberation, they publicly voted to offer Tolbert the job.