Council President Michael Kilbane was elected to serve the residents of Ward 5 in 2008. On April 6th, 2009 Michael was chosen by his fellow Council members to fill a vacancy in the Council President position. Council President Kilbane is a representative to the Planning and Design Commission and presides over both Council and Committee Meetings in order to maintain proper procedure and ensure that all meetings are held in accordance with the Ohio Sunshine Laws. The President of Council also establishes the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Council's standing committees and provides general supervision to the Clerk of Council. He enjoys all of the powers, duties, functions, obligations and rights of any other member of Council except he does not vote except in the event of a tie. He and his wife Lynn have three children and have lived in Fairview Park for thirteen years. Mike is an ironworker with the Cuyahoga County Engineer's office and a proud member of Ironworkers Local 17.

Councilwoman At Large Peggy Cleary was elected by the residents of Fairview Park in 2006. Peggy has been a resident of Ward 3 for eight years. She is currently Chairwoman of the Finance Committee and arepresentative to the Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council, which is a body that designates tax abatements for new development within the City. Peggy is also a member of the Community Council and Summerfest Entertainment Committee. This year, Peggy was elected as a Board Member to the Northeast Ohio City Council Association.

Councilman Patrick Manning and his wife Ruth have lived in Fairview Park with their four children for nineteen years. Pat was elected to serve the residents of Ward 1 in 2008. Councilman Manning is currently the Vice Chairman of the Local Government and Community Services Committee, Council's liaison to the Chamber of Commerce, and a representative to the Senior Life Advisory Council. Pat is a financial advisor and a dedicated youth athletics coach.

Councilman William Minek, a retired Fairview Park Police Officer, and his wife Jeanine have lived in Fairview Park for more than twenty-six years. Bill was elected Councilman by the residents of Ward 2 in 1985. Over the next twenty years, he was also elected to serve as Council President and Councilman At Large for the City. In 2004, he returned to his original Ward 2 position. Bill is currently Chairman of the Environment, Public Works, Planning, Zoning and Development Committee and our representative to the Board of Control, Cable Regulatory Staff, and Senior Life Advisory Council. Councilman Minek also has the distinction of being Fairview Park's 2004 Citizen of the Year and President of the Community Council. 

Councilman Fred Gauthier and his wife Justine have lived in Fairview Park since 1971. Mr. Gauthier was appointed to fill a vacant Ward 3 Council position in 1998 and has been reelected to each successive term. Councilman Gauthier has been Chairman of the Local Government and Community Services Committee for many years. He is Council's liaison to the School Board and serves as a representative to S.A.F.E. Fred was elected Council President Pro Tem by his colleagues for the last two terms of Council. Councilman Gauthier was also a very active and valued member of the Gemini Committee.

Councilman John Hinkel was appointed to fill the vacant Ward 4 position by the members of Council on March 2, 2009. John and his wife Erin have been residents of Fairview Park for ten years. John is Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee and is currently President of the Fairview Park Republican Club. He completed his MBA at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management in 2008. He is currently a Systems Analyst at Ernst & Young LLP.

Thomas “Pete” Matia was appointed by the members of Council to fill the vacant Ward 5 seat on May 4th, 2009. Pete is a retired UPS driver who has lived with his wife Denise and four children in Fairview Park for over nineteen years. Pete is currently Vice-Chair of the Environment, Public Works, Planning, Zoning and Development Committee.

Traci Waldron was appointed by the members of Council in the fall of 1998. The Clerk of Council manages the daily operations of the City Council office, maintains the public record, prepares meeting agendas, composes and attends to all correspondence and answers all inquiries as to Council proceedings or legislative activities. Traci is a graduate of St. Joseph Academy and continued her education at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland where she studied Political Science and Cultural Anthropology.