The other semifinalists were William Johnson, an assistant city manager in Fort Worth, and Mario Lara, an assistant city manager in Sacramento, California.

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.

The Dallas City Council could extend the city manager position to one of three candidates during Wednesday's meeting.