Jerry N. Hruby is beginning to serve his seventh, four-year term as Mayor of the City of Brecksville, January 2012. He also serves as the City's Safety Director. He was again unopposed in the November of 2011 election.

Mayor Hruby began his career with the City of Brecksville in 1968 when he became a member of the Brecksville Police Department. He is a lifelong Brecksville resident and has been married to his wife Patricia for 42 years. Their adult daughter, Anna, also resides in Brecksville.

Mayor Hruby’s slogan in his first mayoral campaign exemplifies the government of Brecksville and has been adopted as the City’s slogan, “Building Our Future with Respect for Our Past.”

Brecksville, a historic Western Reserve Community founded in 1811, has received many statewide and local awards. The Mayor is a strong supporter of the community’s local historical association and has taken on the role of historian for the City government. He has worked toward the preservation of artifacts, photographs and documents that tell the history of our community and its governance.

During Mayor Hruby's tenure in office, he has provided the vision and oversight for many important projects. These include a new County Library, a new Community Center which houses the Recreation Department and its programs and activities, Kids Quarters children’s playground, Municipal Lake, a City-owned satellite postal unit, the RTA Park n' Ride/City Parking Lot, downtown renovation programs and parking, the acquisition of the 83-acre Blossom Hill property and 102-acre Cleveland Tree Farm, the addition of many playing fields at the Blossom facility including an artificial surface facility, upgraded renovation of the City Hall playing fields, renovation of the historic Old Town Hall, expansion of the Service Department and Fire Station, purchase and renovation of the former Brecksville-Broadview Heights School District bus garage compound, and the expansion of the Community Center and construction of the City’s first Human Services Center. Currently, a new Mater Plan for the complete 185 acre Blossom Hill site is under way as the Mayor’s Citizen Committee completed their first report in December of 2011. Planning for a new Service Facility at Blossom Hill and Stadium Drive are under design. In 2012, design for a new Police Station/Court Facility will commence. The Bicentennial Obelisk Garden began in 2011 as part of the celebration and will be completed in 2012; a lasting tribute to Brecksville’s first 200 years. A fifty year time capsule will be buried at this site to be opened in 2061.

Under the Mayor’s guidance, Brecksville won the 2003 “America in Bloom” award and was the 2003 national winner of the “Proven Winners Landscaped Areas Award.” The city’s Beautification Committee was created under the direction of Mayor Hruby and is an integral part of the volunteerism that oversees the design of city plantings and beautification and decorations throughout the community.

The Mayor has established an award winning city-wide recycling program, expanded programs for older residents and those with special needs, and has enacted many other City improvements and additional City services.

Three years ago the Mayor and staff recognized this region and our country as entering a period of recession. The city’s share of government funding began to decrease as well as the collection of income taxes. The Mayor and staff put together a plan that was agreed to by City Council which included reduction in staff by attrition, reduced spending in all categories, while at the same time maintaining the level of services to our residents and the maintenance of our facilities. This plan has worked and the city finds itself in the position that no layoffs have been required nor have we had a dramatic cut in services. The plan continues.

“Each City Council I have had the distinct privilege to work with has partnered with our Administration and the community to see that together, we would accomplish the many goals we have set to improve our City facilities and services. The Administration’s staff also played a major role in each and every project. It was our ability to work together, respect each other's positions, and to engage in dialogue that has made our goals reality. We must now be the stewards of what we have created and continue to serve our citizens by providing for their current needs, and planning and projecting their needs for the future." - Mayor Jerry N. Hruby

The Mayor also serves on the City Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Records Commission, Investment Board, and presides over the City Mayor's Court.

In 2009, Mayor Hruby was honored by the Northeast Ohio Area wide Coordinating Agency with the Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Award for outstanding regional contribution. The Mayor was much honored to receive this award for many reasons. First, because it is named after former Strongsville Mayor Walter Ehrnfelt. Mayor Hruby and Mayor Ehrnfelt were very good friends and worked on many civic and political projects together. Mayor Hruby delivered the eulogy at Mayor Ehrnfelt’s funeral. Second, the award was presented to him by U.S. Senator George Voinovich, with whom Mayor Hruby has been a close associate for well over 30 years. Third, Mayor Hruby served for 10 years on the NOACA Board and was President of the Board as well as Chairman of the Transportation Improvement Plan and Chairman of the Environmental Committee. And last, it was an honor for the Mayor to receive this award in the presence of Anne Ehrnfelt, Mayor Ehrnfelt’s wife and a close friend of the Mayor. For these reasons, Mayor Hruby stated, “Of the many awards I have received throughout my career, this one is uniquely significant due to my relationship with Mayor Ehrnfelt, first and foremost, and secondly because of my close relationship with Senator Voinovich and my friends at NOACA.”

In his spare time, Mayor Hruby enjoys acting. He is a member of the Brecksville Little Theatre and winner of the Outstanding Actor Award for his portrayal of Miles Gloriosus in the play, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." He also portrayed the Governor of Texas in the popular musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," Daddy in "Daddy's Dyin’, Who's Got the Will?" a somewhat challenged Monk in the dark farce "Incorruptible," the Attorney in "Good Bye Charlie," God in “Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grill,” the Mayor in “Inherit the Wind”, was cast singing a variety of songs and participating in a variety of segments of BLT productions as they celebrate the Bicentennial and their 70th Anniversary with an original play written by Ruth Wheaton of BLT entitled “Celebrate” their 70th anniversary and most recently The Captain in “Mr. Roberts”. He is also a member of Brecksville Little Theater’s Board of Trustees. The Mayor writes and directs the original City Children's Christmas Plays, a project he has been involved with since 1971, the year that his brother, former Mayor Jack A. Hruby, and Jack’s friend Larry Dailey began the annual Christmas play tradition.

Mayor Hruby served along with City Council President Larry Potla as Advisor to the Brecksville 1811-2011 Bicentennial Committee. Mayor Hruby is an avid collector of Disney, sports memorabilia, political memorabilia and local historical artifacts.

Mayor Hruby was most recently appointed by Gov. John Kasich to The Ohio Turnpike Commission on June 30th, 2011 and was elected Chairmen of the Commission on July 1, 2011.