COLUMBIA -- Wednesday morning, Columbia City Council voted 5-0 to re-hire former City Manager Steve Gantt.
Councilman Kirkman Finlay was not present for the vote.
Last week, the council approved a plan appointing Allison Baker to Interim City Manager.
Baker took over for Gantt, who retired temporarily under the state's TERI, or Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program.
The program allows public employees to collect taxpayer funded retirement benefits while they remain on the job, and also collect their full salary.
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