Editing Millville, Delaware (section)

===Appointed officials and town operations===
A [[town manager]] oversees the day-to-day operations of the town. The [[Delaware State Police]] provides police service to Millville under a contract with the Town and the Millville Volunteer Fire Company serves Millville, Ocean View, and unincorporated portions of Sussex County as far east as the [[Assawoman Canal]] and as almost as far west as [[Dagsboro, Delaware|Dagsboro]];<ref>[http://millville.delaware.gov/ Town of Millville, Delaware, official web site] and Meehan, p. 138</ref> it purchased its first motor-driven firefighting vehicle in 1936<ref name="Town of Millville: History">[http://millville.delaware.gov/history/ Town of Millville: History]</ref> and today operates 16 vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.millville84.com/apparatus.cfm |title=Millville Volunteer Fire Company |access-date=August 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621160544/http://millville84.com/apparatus.cfm |archive-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sussex County handled all [[land use]] [[regulation]] in Millville until 1993, when Millville itself began to pass [[zoning]] [[Local ordinance|ordinances]] to control growth.<ref>Meehan, p. 134.</ref>