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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2005 - 184
<br />BY: Mayor O'Grady and The Entire City Council
<br />A RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
<br />COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL YN J. KASLER
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler attended and graduated from Bowling Green State University, majoring in
<br />English and receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. She then began a career in education, teaching Cleveland
<br />area children at West Tech, Byzantine Catholic, and Cleveland Heights High School; and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler is married to Bob and they have three talented children, Kim (Cassano), Jeff,
<br />and Lisa, and one adorable grandchild; and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler, looking for new challenges in life, returned to school in 1986, attending and
<br />graduating from Cleveland Marshall College of Law with a Juris Doctor degree cum laude. She was ranked in the top
<br />eight percent (8 %) of her class. She also served as Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review, and published an
<br />education - related law article entitled, "Reading, Writing, But No Biting: Isolating School Children with AIDS;" and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler, while raising her children and employed as an attorney with a prestigious
<br />downtown law firm, decided to seek more new challenges in her life, and, in 1991, successfully ran for and won a seat
<br />on the North Olmsted Board of Education, where she once again served the cause of public education with talent and
<br />distinction. While a member of the school board, Carolyn served on the North Olmsted Schools Advisory Board and, in
<br />1993, was Chairperson of the Annual Fundraiser for the North Olmsted Education Association; and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler —wife, mother, attorney and now school board member, was presented with
<br />another challenge in 1994 when then North Olmsted Mayor Ed Boyle tapped her to become the City's first female
<br />Director of Public Safety, a position in which she again served with talent and distinction until December 31, 1997; and
<br />WHEREAS, this City Council, recognizing the energy, talent, community spirit and experience of Carolyn J.
<br />Kasler, selected Carolyn in January 1998 to fill a vacancy in the office of Council Member at Large, and the citizens of
<br />North Olmsted, equally astute, elected Carolyn to that office in 1999 and re- elected her in 2003; and
<br />WHEREAS, while serving the residents of North Olmsted in her various official capacities, Carolyn J. Kasler
<br />also found time to also be an active participant in many community organizations, including: the North Olmsted
<br />Chamber of Commerce, the North Olmsted Kiwanis Organization, the North Olmsted Athletic Eagle Boosters, the
<br />North Olmsted Cable Advisory Board, the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission, and the North Olmsted
<br />Tax Incentive Review Board; and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler also, while engaged in all of the above activities, volunteered to serve as one of
<br />the first Magistrates in the North Olmsted Youth Diversion Program, using her talents and skills as both an educator and
<br />lawyer to make a difference in the lives of many teenage children in North Olmsted; and
<br />WHEREAS, while serving on City Council from 1999 until her family moved from North Olmsted in 2005,
<br />Carolyn was always an eloquent and passionate voice for the worthy causes and issues she cared most deeply about,
<br />including the City's Safe Traffic Oriented Policing ( "STOP ") program, which she designed and sponsored, and which has
<br />provided increased traffic safety enforcement in the City without added expense to North Olmsted taxpayers; and
<br />WHEREAS, Carolyn J. Kasler, as School Board member, Safety Director, and Council Member at Large, has
<br />always used her God -given abilities and talents, to educate and serve the residents of the City of North Olmsted;
<br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED,
<br />COUNTY OF 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
<br />administration and all the residents of the City of North Olmsted hereby honors Carolyn Kasler.
<br />SECTION 2: That this Resolution be spread in full upon the record of this Council and that the Clerk of
<br />Council is hereby directed to forward a duly authenticated and executed copy of this Resolution to Carolyn Kasler.
<br />CTION 3: That this Resolution shall be in effect from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
<br />PASSED: D S' First Reading: 14 X D D S__
<br />Second Reading.
<br />Third Reading:
<br />Committee:
<br />A TTEST:
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<br />BARBARA L. SEMA EVINM. KENNEDY,
<br />Clerk of Council President of Council
<br />APPROVED.
<br />MAYOR THOMAS E. O'G Y
<br />APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
<br />JAMES M. DUBELKO
<br />Director of Law
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