The City of Mill Creek is supporting members of the U.S. armed forces and their families through two collection drives now underway: Operation Gratitude and Operation Paperback.

The collection drives are now underway through November 2nd.

The Mill Creek City Council has taken the first step in firing City Manager Rebecca Polizzotto by directing City Attorney Scott Missall to draft a resolution “terminating” her contract.

However, a majority of the city council still has to vote “yes” on the resolution at their regular October 2nd meeting.

At their regular September 25th meeting, the Mill Creek City Council directed the city attorney to make preparations to terminate City Manager Rebecca Polizzotto's employment contract.

Final action will be taken at the October 2nd city council meeting.

Edmonds Community College offers short-term job training programs at the Paine Field-based Washington Aerospace Training and Research (WATR) Center to help meet a shortage of workers.

Mill Creek's aging stormwater system needs significant repairs and property owners are the only source of funds the city can use to pay for them. The city council will consider increasing surface water fees during upcoming 2019-2020 budget discussions.

Coffee with a Cop Day is a national community outreach campaign to help people understand mutual goals between officers and the public.

Residents are invited to meet with Mill Creek Police at three coffee shops around the city on Wednesday morning, October 3rd, from 7:30 to 10:00 am.

Learn how to help during a disaster in free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes offered by South County Fire this fall.

CERT classes teach readiness, basic disaster first aid, search and rescue operations, how to put out small fires and the psychological effect of disasters.

On August 30th, Fire District 7 Fire Commissioner Randy Fay graduated from FEMA’s National Emergency Management Advanced Academy.

He completed the full curriculum that provides the essential skills needed for professionals to manage emergency management programs.