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. Michael was reelected as Council President in the fall of 2011 and began serving a four year term on January 1, 2012. As Council President he presides over both Council and Committee Meetings in order to maintain proper procedure and to 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 and, with the Charter amendments passed in 2009, now has full voting rights as well. Mike has lived in Fairview Park for more than eighteen years and has three children. Mike is a twenty-two year member of the Structural Ironworkers Local Union 17 and also a delegate to the Cleveland AFL-CIO Northshore Federation of Labor.

After moving to Fairview Park from Lakewood in 2001, Peggy ran for and was elected to Fairview Park City Council in 2005 and has been reelected by the residents to serve as Councilwoman At Large in 2007, 2009 and again in 2011. She is a member of all three standing City Council committees, and currently serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee. Peggy is the City Council appointee to the Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council, Fairview Park Community Council, and West Shore Fire District Study. She also has a long history of community and civic involvement and serves as a Board Member of the Northeast Ohio City Council Association (NOCCA); Fairview Park Summerfest Committee; Fairview Park Centennial Committee and is a former Board Member for the HELP Foundation, a local non-profit agency serving individuals with developmental disabilities. Peggy is a graduate of Kent State University and, as Licensed Social Worker; she has over 28 years experience working in both public schools and community-based agencies. 
 

Brian McDonough was elected to serve the residents of Ward 1 on November 8, 2011. Brian is an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecuting attorney assigned to the Major Trial Unit where he prosecutes homicides and sex crimes. Brian chairs the Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Response Team and teaches for the Ohio Attorney General Sexual Assault Response Training Team. Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Northeastern Ohio recognized Brian with its Prosecutor Award in 2010 and 2011. Brian is married to Elizabeth Wagner McDonough and is the father of Gavin, Kate and Lauren. Brian graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in 1992, the University of Notre Dame in 1996, and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2000. Brian volunteers as pro bono attorney for Hospice of the Western Reserve, serves as a Eucharistic minister at Saint Angela Merici Church, and leads the Webelos Scouts in Cub Scout Pack 401.
On Council Brian serves as Vice-Chair of the Local Government and Community Services Committee, and is Council's representative to the Cable Regulatory Staff and Community Council. 

 

Councilman William Minek, a retired Fairview Park Police Officer, and his wife Jeanine have lived in Fairview Park for thirty years. Bill was elected Councilman by the residents of Ward 2 in 1985. Over the next twenty-five years, he was also elected to serve as Council President and Councilman At Large for the City. In 2004, he returned to his original position serving the residents of Ward 2 and has been reelected at each election since then. Bill is currently Chairman of the Environment, Public Works, Planning, Zoning and Development Committee, Council’s representative to the Planning & Design Commission, representative to the Board of Control, 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. He is Chairman of the Fairview Park Schools Business Advisory Committee, Vice-President of the Fairview Park Municipal Foundation, President of the Fairview Park Community Council, Fine Arts and Theater Association and Senior Council Inc. Bill is a member of the Fairview Park Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, Friends of the Library, Gemini Center, Messiah Lutheran Church, Northeast Suburban Council Association, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #25 and Metropolitan Crime Clinic.  
On January 3rd, 2012 Bill was chosen as Council President Pro Tempore by his fellow members of Council and will preside over meetings if the Council President is unavailable.

Paul Wojnar was elected to serve the residents of Ward 3 on November 8, 2011. Paul and his wife Jackie have lived in Ward 3 for over 20 years and are parishioners of St. Angela Merici church. They have two children, Seth and Brooke. Paul grew up on the west side of Cleveland, graduated from St. Ignatius High School and Cleveland State University with a BBA in Accounting. His work experience includes 24 years at UPS and Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Union Local 407 since 2003.
Paul is Councils representative to the Parks and Recreation Commission, Board of S.A.F.E., Board of Taxation Review and Vice Chair of the Finance Committee.

Councilman John Hinkel was appointed to fill the vacant Ward 4 position by the members of Council on March 2, 2009, elected to his first full term in the fall of 2009 and reelected in 2011. John and his wife Erin have been residents of Fairview Park for over thirteen years and are the proud parents of a son and daughter. John is Chair of Council's Local Government and Community Services Commitee. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cleveland State University with a double major in Economics and International Relations and a minor in German. He completed his MBA at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management in 2008. He is currently a Business Analyst in Information Technology.

Thomas “Pete” Matia was appointed by the members of Council to fill the vacant Ward 5 seat on May 4th, 2009, elected to his first full term in the fall of 2009 and reelected in 2011. Pete is a retired UPS driver who has lived with his wife Denise in Fairview Park for twenty-two years. Pete is the proud father of four children and grandpa to four grandchildren. Pete is currently Vice-Chair of the Environment, Public Works, Planning, Zoning and Development Committee, Council's liaison to the School Board, Council's liaison to the Chamber of Commerce, and a representative for the Senior Life Advisory Council.

Traci Waldron has served as Clerk of Council since 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.