The new Flower Mound town manager, James Childers, was sworn in during a town council meeting Jan. 3.

Childers is replacing the town’s interim manager Tommy Dalton. Dalton served as interim after former Town Manager Debra Wallace retired in October.

“Welcome to Flower Mound, James,” Mayor Derek France said during the town’s council meeting.

Childers is a second-generation town manager, he said during the meeting. His father served as a city manager and so did his uncle.