The Mill Creek City Council hope to fill Sean Kelly’s vacant council seat at their regular Tuesday, February 6th, meeting.

Since 16 applicants have submitted written applications to express their interest in the position, the meeting will start at 5:00 pm, an hour earlier than usual.

The City of Mill Creek is now accepting applications from Mill Creek residents to fill Sean Kelly’s vacant city council seat. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 1st.

The city council will begin interviewing applicants on Tuesday, February 6th.

At their regular January 2nd meeting, the Mill Creek City Council asked the city manager to develop an expedited process to fill the city council seat vacated by Sean Kelly last year.

The city released a statement summarizing the situation.

On November 28th, Mill Creek City Councilmember Sean Kelly told City Manager Rebecca Polizzotto he would resign his office.

This is a result of a legal challenge by Carmen Fisher, his opponent in the General Election. 

It is yet to be determined who will take his place.

Returned ballots have been counted for the past few days and most incumbents seem to have retained their positions. There are a few races that are too close to call as of Friday, November 10th.

The Snohomish County Auditor’s Office reported that 32% of the mailed ballots have been returned and about 75% of those returned ballots have been counted so far.

The Snohomish County Auditors Office tentatively scheduled a hearing the week of November 13th to determine whether or not Mill Creek Councilmember Sean Kelly’s primary residence is within city limits. If he doesn't live in Mill Creek he can't serve on the city council.

I first became a City Council candidate because I believe that election competition is vital to democracy. Voters deserve the opportunity to make choices between a variety of candidates. It seemed wrong to me that all four Council races this cycle were going uncontested, so I did what I could by jumping in for a challenge.