What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: Last Sunday, I commented in this space about the seemingly sudden decision by Columbia city manager Mike Matthes to resign his post, when in the same issue our Rudi Keller was reporting the manager’s exit had been in the works for weeks while he and the city council negotiated terms of Matthes' severance. Only return the topic.
Columbia city manager Mike Matthes' resignation and severance negotiations.