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INTRODUCED BY: Mayor-Elect Bodnar and Council as a Whole
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<br />A RESOLUTION THANKING MAYFIELD VILLAGE MAYOR BRUCE G. RINKEIt
<br />FOR 28 YEAYtS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO MAYFIELD VILLAGE
<br />WHEREAS, on February 1, 1993, Bruce G. Rinker was sworn into office as the Mayor of Mayfield Village after being elected
<br />to Mayfield Village Council in 1987 and serving as Counci] President beginning in 1991; and
<br />WHEREAS, Mayor Rinker has served the community of Mayfield Village with exceptional dedication for 28 years; and
<br />WHEREAS, Mayfield Village and its residents have clearly benefitted and prospered as a result of Mayor Rinker's leadership.
<br />While the road, sidewalk, culvert and sanitary sewer conversion projects completed are too voluminous to name, there are numerous
<br />highlights. that illustrate just how Mayor Rinker's vision and tenacity has shaped Mayfield Village:
<br />• The construction or renovation of most of the Village's public facilities, including a new Fire Station in 1996, the purchase of
<br />the United Methodist Church and its conversion into the current Civic Center in 2005, and construction of a new Police Station
<br />in 2010. As Mayor Rinker takes his leave, the construction of a new Community Room is underway with an anticipated grand
<br />opening in August 2016;
<br />• The acyuisition of over 150 acres of land dedicated to residential use, high-end commercial use and public parkland. Thc
<br />purchase of property--part and parcel--has dramatically increased the Village's green and open spaces and has also provided
<br />? residents with top-notch park and recreational facilities, including an outdoor poo1, two playgrounds, three softball fields, two
<br />soccer fields and a 25-acre wetlands park;
<br />• The continued development of the Greenway Corridor that now includes the Mayfield Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public
<br />Library, The Grove Amphitheatre and the Greenway Trail, connecting neighborhoods to the Village's recreational hub;
<br />• The creation of a Parks and Recreation Department in 1999 that has grown to offer over 150 programs in 2015;
<br />• The development of Progressive Insurance's first and second campuses and the widening of SOM Center Road (complete with
<br />medians, even if narrower than he would have liked);
<br />• The rejuvenation of Beta Park as a County Innovation Zone and creation of the Mayfield Village fiber optic network. Overall,
<br />Mayfield Village is home to over 130 businesses with over 8,000 employees; and
<br />WHEREAS, under Mayor Rinker's watch, Mayfield Village has continued to stay small and think big. The Village's
<br />population has remained virtually unchanged, property values have increased, and general fund revenues have grown from $3.7 million
<br />in 1993 to a projected $18.5 million in 2015.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCiL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT:
<br />Mayor Bruce G. Rinker be and is hereby recognized and congratulated for 28 years of dedicated and
<br />exceptional service to Maytield Village. On behalf of residents, business owners, department heads and
<br />staff, we wish him many years of health and happiness. Although he has officially retired from work in
<br />the Village, we hope that he will continue to live here, enjoy the proverbial fruits of his labor, and
<br />continue to walk about and survey the estate.
<br />SECTION 1. The Village of Mayfield, its new Mayor, Council, residents, employers, employees and officials wish to thank
<br />Mayor Rinker for his many years of dedicated service.
<br />SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of the Council relating to the adoption of this
<br />Resolution have.been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its corrimittees, resulting in
<br />such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public in compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of
<br />Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
<br />SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to prepare dup]icate original copies of this Resolution.
<br />One such original shall be presented to Mayor Bruce G. Rinker. The other original shall be placed in the permanent records of the
<br />Village as a lasting tribute to Mayor Bruce G. Rinker.
<br />SECTION 4. This resolution shall become effective upon its adoption by Council and the signature of the Mayor-Elect, or as
<br />may otherwise be provided by law.
<br />RESOLUTION ADOPTED: December 21, 2015
<br />ADp oved as to form: LX3 W??
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<br />JO H. DIEMERT, Law irector
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<br />T OMAS J. MARRIE, ounci] Pr ident
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<br />BRENDA T. BODNAR, Mayor-Elect
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