While the news is filled with divisive and hate-filled attitudes toward first responders, one resident is thankful for the “responsiveness” and “heroism” shown to her mother by Macedonia and Sagamore Hills first responders during a February family emergency.
The letter was read at the June 22 Council meeting.
“This team’s collective care has impacted my mother and my family for the greater,” the daughter wrote in an email to Macedonia Fire Chief Brian Ripley. The writer’s parents had returned from vacation on February 9, around 1 a.m. His father left to check the mailbox. Upon his return, the writer’s mom was found to be unresponsive.
The father called 911 and the dispatcher talked him through CPR until an officer arrived a few minutes later with an AED.
The officer “administered a shock that ultimately saved my mother’s life,” the daughter wrote.
The entire team allowed her mom to make a “successful and complete recovery.”
“It takes special people to do this line of work,” she added. “They were no doubt giving it their all.”
The outcome could have been much different.
“As they worked on my mother I saw visions of holidays changed forever – my sister’s fall 2023 wedding without a mother, explaining to my 3-year-old where her GaGa grandma is, and why she can’t see her,” the email continued. “Thank God none of these happened thanks to this team.”
The family cannot thank the team enough and will be forever grateful for everything, she said.
An honorable mention award should be given to each member of the team who helped save her mom’s life, she wrote.
“I hope they will be considered for such a thing if they exist,” she wrote. “They deserve them and more.”
Mayor Nicholas Molnar called the email an amazing testament to our fire department and all the people who work with us.”
“And not only that, the partnership with neighboring police departments,” Molnar added. “A life was saved, and I think it’s just amazing that she took the time to write that for us.”
According to Ripley, the letter showed “the entire system worked.”
“I thought it was a demon’s trunk of how the system is supposed to work when all the pieces were in place,” Ripley said. “And it was also a very touching email to read.”
•Council adjourned the meeting and entered executive session pirsuemtnto Ohio Revised Code 121.22g4 to prepare for, conduct, or review negations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and confirms of their employment.
•Council readjourned the meeting.
Legislation
•An ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Macedonia a proposed amendment to section 11.01 of the Charter regarding the composition of the Board of Zoning and Building code appeals, was held.
• An ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Macedonia of a proposed amendment to Article XIII of the Charter regarding parks and recreation was held.
•An ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of Macedonia a proposed amendment to Section 8.04, 8.05, and section 12.01 of The Charter regarding the composition of the Police and Fire Departments, passed.
•An emergency resolution acknowledging and accepting the terms set forth in the report of the fact finder relative to the sergeant and patrol officer bargaining units of the City of Macedonia Police Department, passed.
•A resolution adopting alternative tax budget information for the City of Macedonia Ohio for the fiscal year 2024, and submitting the same to the Summit County Auditor, passed.
•A resolution authorizing the Mayor to take steps necessary to apply for funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission, District Eight Public Works Committee Program Year 36 for the Ledge Road Resurfacing Project and the Highland Road/Valley View Road Intersection Resurfacing Program, passed.
•A resolution confirming the reappointment of Nate Falkenstein to Macedonia’s Civil Service Commission, passed.
•An emergency ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Signal Service Company for the replacement of a traffic control box and equipment for the intersection of Route 8 and Highland Road in the City of Macedonia without the necessity for advertisement and formal bidding, passed.
•An ordinance amending Section 1 of Ordinance 79-2022 which established the compensation schedule for the non-union city employees of Macedonia effective January 1, 2023, passed.
•An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 67-2022 relative to current expenses and other expenditures of the City of Macedonia from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, passed.
•An ordinance amending Section 909.04 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Macedonia relative to noxious weeds, passed.
