Steve Nolen, Mill Creek’s new city manager, starts his position Tuesday, July 5.
Nolen comes to Mill Creek from Lynnwood, where he worked in a capacity similar to a city manager, but as an assistant to Mayor Mike McKinnon. Lynnwood is set up so the elected mayor administers the day-to-day functions of city government. Nolen was with Lynnwood since October of 2003. His last day with Lynnwood was June 16.
Nolen will become the ninth city manager in Mill Creek’s 22-year history. He succeeds Mike Caldwell, who filled in for the job on an interim basis after longtime manager Bob Stowe resigned to accept the same job with Bothell.
With Mill Creek, Nolen will earn $96,500 per year in salary, plus benefits, on a three-year contract he signed May 24. The contract is renewable annually after the first three years.
Before working in Lynnwood, Nolen was an interim assistant city manager in Covington and worked for King County in several different capacities prior to that.
Before entering government with King County in 1994, Nolen worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in suburban Phoenix and served a fellowship with the Arizona Republic. Nolen came to the Puget Sound region as a bureau manager for the Bellevue Journal American and Kent-based Valley Daily News daily newspapers, which currently operate as the King County Journal.
A Brier resident who has lived in Snohomish County for 15 years, Nolen, 52, is married with two adult daughters and two grandchildren. He is a graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in journalism.
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