MILLCREEK, Utah — The first and only mayor so far for the city of Millcreek is stepping down later this year.

Mayor Jeff Silvestrini announced at Monday night's city council meeting that he is resigning, effective Nov. 10, and he plans to retire for health and family reasons.

Silvestrini is Millcreek's first mayor and has served the city for nine years. But now, after a cancer diagnosis —which he says is "the best kind of leukemia" — and wanting to spend more time with his wife, he has decided to step down.

As he started to speak, he was tearing up, talking about his love for the city and the extremely tough decision to retire. He reflected on helping build the city from the ground up when it was incorporated in 2016, dealing with housing and homelessness, service initiatives through Mi

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