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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, March 20, 2023 <br />Page 2 <br />Recognition of Wildcat Sport and Fitness Employees <br />Council President Schutt stated, Mayor Bodnar? <br />Mayor Bodnar stated, thank you Council President. This evening I am humbled and I am honored <br />to issue a Proclamation of Appreciation to several individuals who used their skills and talent to <br />save the life of a gentleman who was experiencing a cardiac arrest at Wildcat Fitness Center. I <br />believe our Assistant Chief Libens has an introduction for us. <br />Assistant Chief Libens stated, good evening Mayor, Council members, members of the audience. <br />There are a number of people I would wish to personally thank for their actions on January 30, <br />2023 in saving Mr. Robert Benton's life. First and foremost, I wish to thank Don DiFonzo, Ross <br />Bendiera, Nicholas Leonetti, Kristen Blanchard and Jennifer Condelli for stepping forward in <br />working together to save the life of Mr. Benton. Their selfless actions show us what bystanders <br />can do to come together and help another human being who is experiencing a medical emergency. <br />I also wanted to thank Dispatcher Supervisor Toni Wilson and Dispatcher Stephanie Kabert in <br />providing emergency medical dispatch to assist those on scene with providing life-saving care. I <br />also wanted to show my appreciation to the on -duty Fire Department crew consisting of Lieutenant <br />Jason Brothers, Firefighter/Paramedics Jeff Cook, Cameron Green, David Johnson and Dave <br />Soriano for the care they gave to Mr. Benton after he was revived and during the transport to the <br />hospital. <br />There is also one other group of individuals I would like to thank and that is this Council. In 2017, <br />elected officials passed an Ordinance requiring certain occupancies to have an AED available on - <br />site and required that the staff of those occupancies be trained in CPR and AED use. This was not <br />the first person's life that was saved by this Ordinance but the second in the past four years that I <br />have been working with Mayfield Village. Because of this legislation, there are now two people <br />who have been saved because of bystander CPR and early defibrillation with an AED. <br />I would like to sidenote that Lieutenant Brothers was also on that first call. He was a bystander. <br />When the person collapsed, he rendered care until the Fire Department arrived. Lieutenant <br />Brothers is also our primary instructor for our AED and CPR program for the Village. I would <br />like to thank again everyone who made it possible to save Mr. Benton's life that day. Thank you. <br />Mayor Bodnar stated, I will now read the Proclamation into the record. I have the Proclamation <br />framed for each of the recipients. You can come up individually after that. <br />PROCLAMATION <br />Whereas, on January 30, 2023, Robert Benton, a member of Wildcat Sport and Fitness at Mayfield <br />High School in Mayfield Village experienced cardiac arrest; and <br />Whereas, because of the quick response of employees and other members of Wildcat, Robert <br />Benton's situation was quickly assessed and life-saving measures were delivered while emergency <br />