After several months of work, the city council and staff are nearing completion of the strategic plan for the city. The purpose of this strategic plan is to establish a “road map” for city decisions in the near term, ensuring Mill Creek’s quality of life is maintained for its residents and businesses. The plan suggests actions, both fiscally and policy, to ensure Mill Creek can maintain those attributes of its community character, public services and facilities, fiscal balance, economic development, growth and annexation. The plan will identify a series of financial and policy actions to get the city on course. It will call for a reduction in and then the end to deficit spending, relaxing the drain on the city’s reserves through a combination of continued cost containment and revenue enhancement and diversification. Implementing the plan’s integrated recommendations, will result in the city having a balanced budget and be in a stronger position to provide public services at the levels the community desires.
The city held its annual city Employee/Volunteer Appreciation Lunch to thank the staff and city volunteers for their dedicated hard work and for the great job they did over the past year. During the luncheon we distributed length of service awards for city staff for their dedicated public service to your community. Additionally, a number of annual awards were presented to some of the staff. Support Services Manager Robin Swanson was the recipient of the Larry F. Davis Award for 2011. This award is presented to the police department staff member who exemplifies the character, values and caring mannerisms of the award’s namesake. The 2011 Officer of the Year Award was given to Sergeant Stan White for his keen work ethic and dedicated service to the law enforcement profession. Lastly, Jodie Gunderson was named the 2011 Employee of the Year for the city. Jodie is an Accounting Specialist in our Finance Department. Congratulations to all of our recipients, and to all of our staff and volunteers for a Job Well Done!
I continue to be honored to serve the citizens of Mill Creek and to work with such dedicated staff and volunteers who work hard every day to provide the best possible service. I hope to see you around the city.
