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Wyoming City Council unanimously adopts resolution honoring eight 2024 Citizens of the Year

2187264 · January 30, 2025

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Summary

The Wyoming City Council unanimously approved a resolution recognizing eight residents as the city’s 2024 Citizens of the Year and confirmed their names will appear on a permanent plaque at the city building.

The Wyoming City Council adopted a resolution in January 2025 honoring eight residents as the city’s 2024 Citizens of the Year.

The recognition, presented by Vice Mayor April Rose on behalf of the council, notes the award has recognized volunteers from Wyoming since 1987 and that each year honorees are chosen by the Citizen of the Year Committee from nominations submitted by family, friends and other residents. "The award was developed as a way to recognize Wyoming residents who had made profound impact in Wyoming and the surrounding communities by their acts of volunteering," said Christy Brown, a member of the Wyoming Citizen of the Year Committee.

The resolution names Clarissa Benge, Joanne Eady, Chris Harmon, Kevin Hellster, Michael Hawk, Ella Hummel, Jeff McFarland and Melissa Monnick as the city’s 2024 Citizens of the Year and directs that their names be displayed on a permanent plaque at the city building. Vice Mayor April Rose read the resolution aloud and announced it was "passed unanimously in the council chambers of the City of Wyoming, Ohio on this January, 2025." The council did not record a roll-call vote or individual tallies in the portion of the transcript provided.

Committee presenters described a range of volunteer activities by the honorees that the committee cited in its selection announcement, including coordinating yearly Thanksgiving food boxes, promoting physical and mental well-being, long-term volunteer service without fanfare, mentoring inmates, work on local economic development and historic preservation, assistance to immigrants, and support for local music programs. A presenter from the Citizen of the Year Committee said Clarissa Benge is "assistant director of the Guardian ad litem." The committee and council characterized the recognition as an expression of the city’s appreciation rather than a policy action.

The council’s resolution formalizes the committee’s selections and provides the ceremonial recognition; no follow-up actions or funding allocations were recorded in the meeting excerpt.