Gilbert apparently will be looking for a new town manager because it’s current top administrator is about to be hired by Glendale.

Glendale City Council has scheduled a special meeting for tonight, Oct. 14, for the sole purpose of “action on City Manager Employment Agreement appointing Patrick Banger to the position of City Manager.”

According to the contract posted by the council. He would start Jan. 12 with an annual salary of $400,000, making him one of the highest paid top municipal administrators in the Valley.

Gilbert Town Council also is meeting tonight but its agenda makes no mention of Banger’s imminent departure.

Banger, who has led Gilbert through explosive growth for 14 years, is the longest-tenured city or town manager in the East Valley after Chris Brady retired from the

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