Hutto City Council selected Earp for the position at a July 7 meeting.
The appointment comes following a months-long search that came to a head last week with a public open house and city council interviews with four finalists for the position.
In his interview with council June 30, Earp said his experience as assistant city manager in Kyle will help him to address growth in Hutto.
"A lot of the growth issues [and] a lot of the organizational challenges I have encountered in Kyle are directly relevant to where Hutto is today," Earp said.
He is expected to begin work in Hutto Aug. 3, taking over for interim City Manager Isaac Turner, who has served in the position since January.
Earp will have 12 months to establish residency in Hutto. City policy formerly required the city manager to establish residency within six months, but council approved an ordinance at the July 7 meeting expanding the window from six to twelve months.
"We had four excellent candidates who came and interviewed," Mayor Pro Tem Peter Gordon said. "They didn't make it easy, but we feel like we have picked the best person for leading Hutto into the next decade."
