Mayor Hruby is a past president of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association, and has chaired that group's Legislative Committee from 2000 through 2007. He has also served as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Northeast Ohio Mayor's and Managers Association. The Mayor has also served as a board member of the Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for eleven years and was board president in 1999.

Mayor Hruby's other affiliations include Foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury (January-April 1994), graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 1995, Vice-Chairman of ODOT's Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC), Urban Paving and Bridge Policy Committee, and Railroad Grade Separation Subcommittee, and member of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. The Mayor concluded his service to the TRAC Board in 2007 and the County Planning Commission in 2005. Mayor Hruby, a Republican, is active in local, county, state and national politics. Along with serving on County Republican Committees, he was a delegate for President George HW Bush in 1992 and assisted at the Republican National Conventions in 1988 and 2000. Mayor Hruby was active in the George W. Bush for President campaigns in 2000.

The Mayor also served as Cuyahoga County Regional Chair for Bush/Cheney ’04. He served
as Master of Ceremonies for four rallies held in Northern Ohio: for Mrs. Laura Bush, President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and Mrs. Barbara Bush. He was a member of the Ohio Bush/Cheney Steering Committee and was a Delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention. The Mayor was selected to be one of
the 100 delegates who presented the Nomination
of President Bush in the 2004 New York Convention. In 2008, he served as an alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention and was one of the four Regional Chairmen in Ohio for the McCain/Palin campaign.

In 2002 Mayor Hruby was appointed through the White House by the Secretary of the Interior to the National Park Service Advisory Board. In 2004 and again in 2008 the Mayor was re-appointed to this prestigious federal board. He is Chairman of the Heritage Areas Study Committee and the Partnership Committee of the Board. The Heritage Areas Study Committee published a booklet reporting their work and findings that was presented to the Director of the Park Service, Secretary of the Interior, and Congress.

He was instrumental in forming the Cuyahoga County Republican Mayor’s Committee and served as its first Chairman. Mayor Hruby was honored with induction into the Cuyahoga County Republican Party's James A. Garfield Hall of Fame, a distinction given to only sixteen individuals since its inception.

State of Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor appointed Mayor Hruby to the State Auditor's Advisory Board in 2007.

In 2009, the Mayor will be extensively involved with the City's upcoming Bi-Centennial Committee for 2011. Members of the community, civic organizations and other interested parties or groups will comprise the committee appointed by the Mayor. Their tasks will include organizing, planning and overseeing all of the festivities and projects for this year long celebration of our 200th year anniversary.