Tolbert beat Fort Worth Assistant City Manager William Johnson and Sacramento Assistant City Manager Mario Lara for the job at the end of a near

DALLAS – 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.C. Broadnax.

The current interim city manager is set to take on the permanent role – one that, in Dallas' form of government, has more responsibility and power than the mayor.

The Dallas City Council voted to offer Kimberly Bizor-Tolbert the role of city manager. The vote comes after a tense, confusing and often chaotic search process.

Interim city manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert got a text in November with a picture of a dress made from rejection letters. It was from former City Hall official Carrie Rogers, who had just left Dallas to work at the Austin City Hall.