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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Page 2 Comments From Mayor Bodnar Thank you Mrs. Jurcisek. Tonight we have the honor of welcoming a new firefighter. We also have the bittersweet task of bidding - I am not going to say farewell, but Auf Wiedersehen to our dear friend and Administrative Assistant of many years, Debbie Thomas. Let's begin with the swearing -in of the new firefighter. Swearing -in of new Firefighter Benjamin Gruber Mr. Gruber, if you would come to the podium and bring with you any members of your family that you would like to have up here with you. Mayor Bodnar administered the oath of office to Firefighter Benjamin Gruber. Congratulations. We are very happy to have you as part of the team. Now, we have the task of bidding farewell and thanking our Administrative Assistant Debbie Thomas. Debbie, we are going to miss you greatly. You brought so much to this job. You really set the gold standard here. Did you see the little note that I wrote to you? The one thing we are not going to miss is your friendship and that's because none of us are giving that up. We expect to see you here and around the Village and to keep in touch and to always be friends. • First Reading of Resolution No. 2025-17, entitled, "A resolution congratulating Mayfield Village Administrative Assistant Debbie Thomas on her retirement and thanking her for 25 years of exceptional service to Mayfield Village." Introduced by Mayor Bodnar (Administration). (Requires suspension of the rules tonight and upon passage this legislation will take effect immediately upon signature of the Mayor.) WHEREAS, Debbie and Jim Thomas moved to Mayfield Village in 1980 and raised their four children --Jimmy, Jeffrey, Jaclyn & Joey --on Wildwood Trail; and WHEREAS, in 2000, Debbie Thomas was hired to work as a part-time Receptionist and Administrative Assistant by then -Mayor Bruce G. Rinker, with the position becoming full-time in 2006; and WHEREAS, over the last 25 years, Debbie has been the face and the voice of Mayfield Village, answering phones, greeting all guests to the Civic Center, and helping co-workers in all Departments with whatever needed to be done; and WHEREAS, Debbie was in charge of scheduling all rentals at the Community Room, communicating and coordinating the services provided there, and gracefully dealing with regular requests from residents to allow them to "bend" the rules; and WHEREAS, Debbie was also on the front lines with the community groups that utilize Village facilities, ensuring that all schedules were coordinated and all details were handled; and