City Managers who have served since the Council/Manager form of government was institute in 1923:
- P.C. Painter - 1923 - 1927
- T.C. Brower - 1930 - 1932
- Andrew Joyner - City Attorney and Acting City Manager from 5/31/1932 until 5/9/1933; appointed City Manager 5/9/1933; serving until 12/7/1937
- C.W. Smedburg - 1937 - 1943
- H.A. Yancey - 1943 - 1946
- J.L. Frink - 1946 -1947
- J.R. Townsend - 1947 - 1961
- H.B. Hines, Jr. - 1961 - 1962
- George H. Aull, Jr. - 1963 - 1968
- John G. Turner - 1968 - 1973
- Thomas Z. Osborne - 1973 - 1984
- William H. Carstarpen - 1984 - 1995
- J. Edward Kitchen - 1996 - 2005
- Mitchell Johnson - 2005 - 2009
- Rashad Young - 2009 - 2011
- Denise Turner Roth 2011 - Jun 2012 Interim City Manager
- Denise Turner Roth 2012 - 2014
- Jim Westmoreland 2014 -