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

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.