increase font size Gardiner officials to chart course to hire next city manager Gardiner Public Library Director Anne Davis has agreed to serve as acting city manager as elected officials search for their next city manager. Share GARDINER — City officials are expected to discuss the search for a city manager when they meet for the next City Council meeting on April 21. Mayor Patricia Hart said that discussion may include how the search will go forward and whether the council will issue requests for qualifications for search firms to help it find the next administrative chief for the city. “We’ll know more about that after that meeting,” Hart said Monday.