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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, December 21, 2015 Page 17 Mayor Rullcer administered the oath of office to Firefighter David Johnson. Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Lieutenant Jason Brothers. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL -Term Commencing January 1, 2016 AT LARGE Joseph Saponaro Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Councilman At-Large Joseph Saponaro. WARD 3 Dr. Stephan Parker Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Councilman Stephan Parker. MA~'OR BRENDA TEDESCIII BODNAR Term Commencing January 1, 2016 Mayor Rinker stated, I look back to when I was very young. I was impressed by a young President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. It really struck me at the time that this was something interesting to be involved in, government. As a student of government, I studied about how the transfer of power is done in a very orderly basis in our country. Probably we are the longest-standing republic in the world where we .have been able to transfer power. Of course that's a much larger stage, but the model of government that we have goes all the way down to this level. As we recall from Tip O'Neill, all politics is local. Decisionmaking that's local is something that really is immediate and matters. I can say that over the years, that's really meant a lot to me. But in my formative years, I think back in the- 60's and into the 70's, we went through two full decades where the transfer of power was never as anyone had expected. We had one President assassinated, another step down very quickly, another had to leave office in disgrace, a very short replacement. We had another one-termer and believe it or not it was not until Ronald Regan that we actually had two terms back to back for President of the United States, last time being Dwight Eisenhower. So I went through a very disruptive time when I was in school, in college and law school. Politics to me was not a pazticulazly savory occupation. So I really wasn't looking for all of this, but started again in my neighborhood on a local level and things have grown from there. I can tell you that for me it's been kind of a guilty pleasure. I have enjoyed immensely working as the Mayor in Mayfield Village. It's a wonderful community. We have so many people who are engaged. I think most of us appreciate the very good fortune that we shaze. So it's a time to me that's opportune for as our forefathers anticipated that we transfer the operation of government to new people, new faces, new ideas, but not so new that they don't have good experience, that they won't be steady at the wheel and I think that Brenda Bodnar exemplifies that ability of someone who is going to bring common sense and just good leadership to our community. So with that, come on up. Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Mayor Brenda Tedeschi Bodnar. Mayor Bodnar stated, I have just a few comments, I won't take too long, but I hope you will indulge me tonight. First of all, on behalf of everyone here this evening, I would like to thank all