Homewood is considering adding a City Manager, a position that Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook already have in place. In Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook, their city managers are responsible for day-to-day duties and personnel decisions, and City Council is responsible for creating policy and the hiring and firing of the city manager. Hoover also has a similar position in the role of a city administrator. Their city administrator is responsible for day-to-day duties, Hoover's mayor is responsible for personnel decisions and the hiring and firing of the city manager and Hoover City Council is in charge of policy creation.