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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2005 - 186
<br />BY: Mayor O'Grady and The Entire City Council
<br />A RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COUNCIL
<br />MEMBER GEORGE M. NASHAR
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar was born and raised in the Detroit, Michigan area, graduating from Detroit's Visitation High
<br />School, and thereafter attending the Detroit Institute of Technology for Business Administration and Accounting. George also L.a`er
<br />attended Cuyahoga County Community College for Transportation Management; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar committed early to a life of public service by serving in the United States Army for two
<br />years; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar has been married to his wife Donna for 40 years, and they have three beautiful daughters and
<br />eight wonderful grandchildren; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar was a career employee of the General Motors Corporation, retiring after 28 years of service
<br />to the company, and thereafter was employed in the Office of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar, finally realizing the errors of his youth, moved out of the State of Michigan and into the
<br />State of Ohio, and has now been a resident of the City of North Olmsted since 1976, where he has been active in many community
<br />organizations and activities, including the following: North Olmsted Community Council, serving as Director for two (2) terms; 3t.
<br />Richard's Church where he has served as usher for 24 years; St. Richard's Parent Club, where he served as President for two (2) years;
<br />the Board of Governors for Magnificat High School, where he served for eight (8) years; the Horizons Activity Center Board; Precinct
<br />Committeeman for Ward 3E for sixteen (16) years; and the North Olmsted Democratic Club —which has named its annual summer
<br />picnic after him in honor of his willingness to not only purchase gourmet hot dogs for the event, but to also stand over the hot grill
<br />cooking them; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar is also a member of the following civic organizations: the Greater Cleveland Suburban
<br />Council Association, the Cleveland Traffic Club Association, the American Legion, Clifton Post 421, and the Knights of Columbus
<br />Council 4731; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar has served as the elected Councilman for Ward 3 for sixteen (16) years, during which time
<br />he has served as the Council's President Pro Tern (1991), and has also been Chairperson of the following Council Committees:
<br />Building, Zoning and Development, Intra- Governmental Relations and Legislation, Long Range Planning, Streets and Transportation,
<br />Environmental Control, and Public Safety, Health & Welfare; and
<br />WHEREAS, George M. Nashar, while serving on Council, has always actively supported the cause of public safety in the
<br />North Olmsted community, for example, promoting a community program for residents to voluntarily turn in guns to the North
<br />Olmsted Police Department, sponsoring legislation to ban talking on cell phones while driving in the City, and successfully lobbying
<br />the Ohio Department of Transportation to place traffic signals on Stearns Road at the 1 -480 ramp entrances and exits; and
<br />WHEREAS, the residents of Ward 3 quickly learned that, no matter what the problem and no matter what the time of day or
<br />night, George would always return their phone calls and would always be there to help solve their problems. Those same residents
<br />rewarded George's public service by electing and re- electing him to office four (4) times, even though his political opponents, trying
<br />their best to unseat him, fielded at least one determined challenger against him in every one of his elections. In 2001, George's ;.,st
<br />election, his opponents ran two candidates against him, resulting in a run -off race in which George won handily by almost sixty
<br />percent of the vote; and
<br />WHEREAS, George Nashar has used his God -given abilities and talents to help not only his Ward 3 residents, but the
<br />residents of the entire City of North Olmsted, all of whom have prospered while he served.
<br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF
<br />CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO:
<br />SECTION 1: That the Council of the City of North Olmsted, on behalf of the Mayor, members of the administration and all
<br />the residents of the City of North Olmsted hereby honors George M. Nashar.
<br />SECTION 2: That this Resolution be spread in full upon the record of this Council and that the Clerk of Council is herrhy
<br />directed to forward a duly authenticated and executed copy of this Resolution to George M. Nashar.
<br />SECTION 3: That this Resolution shall be in effect from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
<br />PASSED: D J.ovj-
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<br />BARBARA L. SEMAN,
<br />Clerk of Council
<br />APPROVED:
<br />MAYOR THOMAS E. O' RADY
<br />First Reading: / d0 b S-
<br />Second Reading:
<br />Third Reading:
<br />Committee:
<br />KEVIN M. KENNEDY,
<br />President of Council
<br />APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
<br />JAMES M. DUBELKO,
<br />Director of Law
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