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DRAFT <br />Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, May 20, 2019 <br />Page 5 <br />Village, people who just may be passing through to get something from a Food Truck. I <br />appreciate all that you have done and we all do here. For your efforts, I know you have a <br />wonderful plaque from Council but we have also named you a Mayfield Village Outstanding <br />Citizen. We would like to present you with this. You have left us with some pretty big shoes to <br />fill but I am sure Mr. Libens is up to the task. <br />Assistant Fire Chief Fire Marshal Girbino stated, thank you so much. I would just like to say <br />that I couldn't have accomplished anything that I accomplished without the support of all of you <br />and of course Chief Carcioppolo. <br />Mayor Bodnar asked, Chief, would you like to chime in at this point? <br />Chief Carcioppolo stated, everyone's said a lot of great things. I want to echo all those again. If <br />I could just talk a little bit about my history of knowing Mike and that goes back to the beginning <br />of when I started. I started here in 2001 as a part-time firefighter. When I took the entrance <br />exam and was hired full-time, I went on Mike's shift in 2003. Mike was my shift officer for 10 <br />years. The three words that I would say describe Mike are passionate, professional and <br />dedicated. I can say from witnessing and being there that all those things are Mike. Even <br />tonight he was talking with Mr. Michalko about something that Mike investigated for him about <br />compact florescent bulbs. Mike researches so many things for so many different people in the <br />community. That goes to show how dedicated he is and how passionate he is about fire <br />prevention and Code enforcement issues. The community service aspect of how our department <br />is is truly from Mike's push for our department to be that way over the years. Mike retiring is a <br />stressful time for me because I didn't have to worry about him doing his job or duties <br />appropriately. Filling his position was a challenge for me. I appreciate everyone's support here <br />in seeing everything through. We do have Assistant Chief Libens here. I am comfortable with <br />him filling Mike's shoes. That's a relief for me that I don't have to worry about Mike retiring <br />and not getting his duties done because the new Mike is going to pick up. He's had a little bit of <br />transition time with Assistant Chief Girbino. <br />Council President Saponaro asked, is that what we are calling him, new Mike? <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, I have been calling them Mike and Mike for the last month. I am <br />happy that Mike made it. These are things we have talked about through the countless hours that <br />we have lived together at the fire station. To a point Mike helped mold me into who I am today <br />as the Chief. He supported me through everything. He supported me through my education. He <br />supported me while I was doing different functions for the department. Without that I would say <br />it was easy to stray to a path of less resistance and an easier path. That helps to reaffirm how <br />important it is to have true leaders in the department. I wish Mike and Deb and the kids a happy <br />retirement. Friday night at 6:00 we are having a going away party at the Community Room. <br />Everyone's invited. If you would like to come and spend some time there, that's welcomed and <br />appreciated. Thank you for everything Mike. You will be missed but I guess that's just how life <br />goes. <br />