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14 <br />> • <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION N0. 86 - 88 <br />BY THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE COUNCIL <br />A RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF <br />DWAYNE R. WOERPEL, PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />WHEREAS, the Members of Council, the Mayor and the Administration of <br />the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, wish to commend the public service and <br />dedication of DWAYNE R. WOERPEL, President of Council, by setting forth <br />his record and accomplishments herein. <br />DWAYNE R. WOERPEL, President of the North Olmsted City <br />Council, has found it necessary to resign his position <br />to accept the challenge of a new position with the <br />Miller Brewing Company in his home state of Wisconsin. <br />He was known to his fellow councilmen, when he served <br />as Councilman-at-Large, (1979-1983), as a hard-working, <br />tough-skinned and uncompromising leader of his Republican <br />minority party. There were no deep secrets about what he <br />thought; he developed his position and took the floor to <br />fight with the zeal of a gladiator. In his own mind, he <br />developed a job description for a minority party Council- <br />man-at-Large and followed it to the letter. He raised <br />such a storm of controversy over ethics legislation that <br />he wound up being censured by his fellow councilmen, who <br />eventually adopted a comprehensive ethics law which found <br />its genesis in his original complaint. <br />As an At-Large Councilman, DWAYNE R. WOERPEL, sponsored <br />an enforceable drug paraphernalia law, served on the <br />Transportation and Building, Zoning and Development <br />Committees as Chairman and was a Member of the Public <br />Safety, Health and Welfare Committee as well as Streets <br />and Drainage Committee. He also served as Council Repre- <br />sentative to the Cable TV Advisory Committee and the <br />Landmarks Commission. <br />On the political front, "DUWE" took a sabbatical from <br />politics, from 1983 until the Spring of 1985, when he <br />decided to run for President of Council. Most observers <br />surely thought he must have taken leave of his political <br />senses because the only function of a Council President <br />is to run the meetings - no vote, no committees - a <br />position-in-waiting (for the Mayor to depart from this <br />earth). To succeed, one surely would have to defy the <br />natural law and create "something" from "nothing". In <br />the short period of *ime that he has served as our <br />President of Council, he has succeeded. The adaptable <br />"DUWE" WOERPEL, no longer the gladiator, has led, directed, <br />compromised, advised and sought advice. All in all, he <br />has proven that the President of Council's job can make <br />the difference, depending on the agenda and the job des- <br />cription that one develops. We all now know, because "DUWE" <br />took the time to read our rules, that there is no such <br />thing as "old" or "new" business - only "miscellaneous" <br />business. We will all miss him as our President of Council.