Mayor Hruby is a past president of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association, and chaired that group's Legislative Committee from 2000 through 2007 and now again in 2010. He has also served as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Northeast Ohio Mayor's and Managers Association. Mayor Hruby has also served the region as a board member of the Northeast Ohio Area wide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for eleven years and was board president in 1999.

In addition, the Mayor held the prestigious position of Vice-Chairman of the Ohio Department of Transportation's Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC), the TRAC’s Urban Paving and Bridge Policy Committee and the Railroad Grade Separation Subcommittee. The Mayor concluded his service on the TRAC Board in 2007.

In 2002 Mayor Hruby was appointed through the White House by the Secretary of the Interior to the National Parks Service Advisory Board. In 2004 and again in 2008 the Mayor was re-appointed to this prestigious federal board. He was 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. Mayor Hruby’s term with the NPSAB expired at the end of 2009. The Mayor was Foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury (January-April 1994), a graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 1995 and a member of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission until 2005. State of Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor appointed Mayor Hruby to the State Auditor's Advisory Board in 2007.

Although Brecksville holds non partisan elections 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 H.W. 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 and 2004.

The Mayor 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 at 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. 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.

The Mayor is extensively involved with the City's upcoming Bicentennial Committee for 2011. Members of the community, civic organizations and other interested parties or groups comprise the committee appointed by the Mayor. Their tasks include organizing, planning and overseeing all of the festivities and projects for this yearlong celebration of our 200th anniversary.