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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, June 15, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br />CONSIDERATION OF MINUTE <br />Regular -Council Meeting — may 18, 2020 - - - <br />Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marquardt, made a motion to approve the minutes of the Regular <br />Council Meeting of May 18, 2020 as written. <br />ROLL CALL: AYES: All <br />NAYS: None <br />Comments from Mayor Bodnar <br />Motion Carried <br />Minutes of May 18, 2020 <br />Meeting Approved as Written <br />Thank you, Council President. I do have some comments this evening. Tonight, Council is going <br />to be voting on a Resolution condemning the unconscionable conduct of members of the <br />Minneapolis Police Department in causing the death of Mr. George Floyd. I am proud to sponsor <br />this Resolution and I am even more proud that every member of Council is sponsoring the <br />Resolution also. <br />When event's like this occur, I think it's natural to look inward and evaluate and assess your own <br />policies or procedures and to do that is a good thing. Here in Mayfield Village not surprisingly <br />our own Police Chief Paul Matias was ahead of the curve. In fact, since Chief Matias became <br />Chief, he has been busy developing and implementing policies to assure the safe and fair treatment <br />of all individuals who live in or pass through Mayfield Village regardless of color. And of course, <br />he has seen to it that our officers are more than well trained to handle any situations where use of <br />force might come into play. Chief Matias has had the support and cooperation of his department <br />as well as the support of this Administration and our Council and I would be remiss if I didn't say <br />that Chief Matias and the Mayfield Village Police Department has the very strong support of this <br />community. <br />So, I want to take this opportunity to thank you Chief Matias and thank all of the members of the <br />Mayfield Village Police Department for doing the great job that you do every day and also I want <br />to thank members of our Council for continuing their support of the Mayfield Village Police <br />Department. <br />Now on to our Fire Department. On June 5', I had the privilege of swearing in three new full- <br />time Firefighter/Paramedics. They are going to begin their positions this month. The swearing <br />ins were done at our First Responders Memorial next to the fire station. I believe Jeff is putting <br />up some photographs as I speak. Firefighter Steve Drop is one of our newest members. He has <br />worked part-time for Mayfield Village since October of 2018. He is a graduate of Mayfield High <br />School and currently lives in Mayfield Heights. Firefighter Bill Buhlman has worked part-time <br />for Mayfield Village since 2016. Firefighter Buhlman is a graduate of Mayfield High School and <br />also lives in Mayfield Heights. Our third new firefighter is new to Mayfield Village. Firefighter <br />Federico is a graduate of Willoughby South High School, a Veteran of the United States Navy and <br />has an Associate's Degree in Fire Science from Lakeland Community College. He is coming to <br />D <br />