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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, March 20, 2023 Page 3 help was contacted. CPR was quickly administered as well as the use of an Automated External Defibrillator ("AED") installed at the facility; and Whereas, Mayfield Village Dispatcher Supervisor Toni Wilson and Dispatcher Stephanie Kabert worked in receiving subsequent calls providing EMD instruction and dispatching first responders to the scene; and Whereas, the individuals that assisted in early recognition of the medical emergency and who responded quickly to deal with the situation deserve recognition for the parts they played in saving Mr. Benton's life. These individuals include Don DiFonzo, who made the first 911 call and waited at the entrance to assist in directing the ambulance crew to Mr. Benton. Ross Bendiera, a Mayfield High School football coach while running on the treadmill witnessed Mr. Benton collapse and he ran to retrieve an AED. Nicholas Leonetti, a Wildcat Sports and Fitness employee, made a second call to 911 and assessed Mr. Benton's mental activity using a sternal rub technique. After additional help arrived, he relayed patient information to Mayfield Village dispatch while life- saving measures were being implemented. Kristen Blanchard, Wildcat Sports and Fitness Aquatic Supervisor and Jennifer Condelli, a member of Wildcat Sports and Fitness Center rushed to Mr. Benton's aid and began providing CPR attaching the AED delivering a life-saving defibrillation shock which resulted in the return of spontaneous circulation and re-established a profusing heart rhythm; and Whereas, by the time the Mayfield Village emergency crew comprised of Lieutenant Jason Brothers, Firefighter/Paradmedics Jeff Cook, Cameron Green, David Johnson and Dave Soriano arrived to provide stabilization and transport to the hospital, Mr. Benton was confused but he was alert and speaking. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed, that I, Mayor Brenda Bodnar, on this 201h day of March, 2023, on behalf of the Mayfield Village Council, commend Don DiFonzo, Ross Bandiera, Nicholas Leonetti, Kristen Blanchard and Jennifer Condelli for recognizing and assisting with the emergency situation that arose at Wildcat Sport and Fitness on January 30, 2023. Your training, your quick actions and compassion, all crucial to the positive outcome of this life -threatening event, are noted and they are appreciated by all of us. Thank you very much. Mayor Bodnar presented each individual with a framed Proclamation of Appreciation. Mayor Bodnar stated, thanks again to all of the members of our Fire Department for all of your efforts and to our Council for supporting legislation for the AED's. We are going to take a brief break. There are some cookies and refreshments. Council took a break for refreshments at 7:13 p.m. Council reconvened at 7:25 p.m.