Below is a listing of previous City Managers:

1. E.T. Battin
   April 12, 1917 - June 1917

2. Louis R. Ash
   June 19, 1917 - October 3, 1919

3. L.W. Clapp
   October 3, 1919 - June 1, 1921

4. Earl C. Elliott
   June 1, 1921 - August 1, 1927

5. Bert C. Wells
   August 1, 1927 - April 10, 1939

6. David Alfred MacDonald
   April 10, 1939 - May 14, 1941

7. Donald Gordon
   May 14, 1941 - July 28, 1941

8. Russell E. McClure
   July 28, 1941 - March 1, 1948

9. Monty P. Jones
   March 1, 1948 - November 13, 1952

10. Eugene N. Smith
    November 13, 1952 - November 15, 1955

11. Emory Lee Cox
    November 15, 1955 - November 22, 1955 (one week)

12. Eugene N. Smith
    November 22, 1955 - March 12, 1956

13. Frank Harold Backstrom
    March 12, 1956 - March 27, 1962

14. Russell E. McClure
    May 1, 1962 - September 1, 1968

15. Ralph Wulz
    September 1, 1968 - April 30, 1976

16. Robert G. Finch
    April 27, 1976 - July 7, 1976

17. Eugene H. Denton
    July 7, 1976 - April 16, 1985

18. Robert G. Finch
    April 16, 1985 - October 7, 1985

19. Chris Cherches
    October 7, 1985 - December 31, 2003

20. Cathy Holdeman
    December 31, 2003 - 2004

21. George Kolb
    2004 - January 2, 2008

22. H. Edward Flentje
    January 2, 2008 - July 11, 2008

23. L. Scott Moore
    July 14, 2008 - February 2, 2009

24. Robert Layton
    February 2, 2009 - present

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