Former City Manager Rick Cole is poised to collect his $343,000 annual salary over the next seven months after he stepped down from the City's top post last week during the coronavirus emergency.

Under the agreement the City Council is expected to approve Tuesday, Cole -- who took a 20 percent pay cut during the emergency -- will remain on paid administrative leave through July 4, then separate from City employment.

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