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The study of city management, in time, leaded to various opinions regarding the choice of one or other model for the city government. The dispute is related to whether some of the models are doable, and also if they are compatible with the local government forms that already exist. The paper focuses on the city manager institution and its role in the Romanian local governance, compared to the one of the United States of America. While in the first case, the position is at its debut, in the second one, its implementation results, advantages and disadvantages are already known. The study aims to emphasize the extent to which a local government model that gives the main power to a specialist, once implemented in the Romanian local public administration has favorable effects. Another important issue is related to the number of attributions and responsibilities the local government is ready to leave on the hands of a stranger, who is politically neutral and does not depend on local election. His role as a manager, as an entrepreneur, its characteristics and the main organizations who share local management experiences and knowledge are all presented in the attempt of showing the importance that city managers have in conducting city business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]