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STUART, Fla. — Stuart residents are expected to pack Monday night's city commission meeting as elected officials prepare to vote on whether to fire City Manager Mike Mortell.

The controversy began Oct. 13 when Commissioner Sean Reed suddenly called for Mortell's resignation without providing specific reasons, saying only that he was not on the commission when Mortell was hired.

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"I am truly surprised at the approach tonight because I have been available and no one has called me to discuss terminating me once or to tell me why they were terminating me," Mortell said during the October meeting.

According to Mortell's contract, firing him would trigger 20 weeks of severance pay co

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