EVERETT—The South County Fire Board of Commissioners voted 4-2 to restore paramedic staffing to Station 76 in Mill Creek following public and city backlash, lack of transparency and public outreach, as well as recent allegations of OPMA violations brought forth by a fellow board member. Fire Chief Bob Eastman expects the transfer to take place either today, September 3, or tomorrow at the latest.

The decision took place at the board’s Tuesday, September 2, meeting – a week after the Board’s intergovernmental committee met with Mill Creek Mayor Brian Holtzclaw, Mayor Pro-Tem Stephanie Vignal, and Council member Sean Paddock. Also at that meeting were South County Board members Edward Widdis, Micah Rowland, and David Chan who discussed issues the RFA has had, the decision behind the redeplo

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