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, the majority of which was behind closed doors as it wrapped up its performance evaluation of City Manager Sara Ott. Council met in executive session for more than four hours Monday. It has held two prior closed-door meetings regarding Ott’s evaluation on Nov. 17 and Dec. 3, which were both more than two hours long. Mayor Torre read a statement after returning to council’s special meeting at 8:30 p.m. that said Ott has exceeded expectations since she took the position permanently in September of 2019. Council agreed to give her a 4% raise on her $203,000 annual salary, plus benefits. “Sara has exceeded many, many of the high expectations that this City Council has had for our city manager,” Torre said. “In particular she has advanced organizational and cultural changes to the city government, has made significant progress on council’s goals, including affordable housing, child care and I would add in there our waste management and diversion programs, ....