Career

He has represented Ward 11 in Cleveland City Council since 1982. Polensek was first elected to council in 1977 representing what was Ward 26 until 1982, then representing Ward 11 for ten terms. He served as Cleveland City Council"s president from 1999 to 2002.

He was endorsed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

He played freshman, junior and varsity football at Collinwood and played on the 1967 unbeaten East Senate Championship Football Team in the Thanksgiving Day Charity Game at Cleveland Lakefront Stadium. Polensek attended Tri-C Community College at their Metro campus through the Cleveland Scholarship Program, where he studied Industrial Management.

Achievements

• He is also an Executive Board member of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, and the founder of the Collinwood Nottingham Villages and the Northeast Shores Development Corporations in Ward 11. On November 5, 2013, Polensek won the election for the newly reconfigured Ward 8, uncontested.

Membership

Polensek is Vice-Chair of the Public Safety Committee and a member of the Health and Human Services, Public Parks, Property and Recreation, Public Service, Public Utilities, and Rules committees. Polensek attended the Nottingham and Hannah Gibbons Elementary Schools and graduated from Collinwood High School in January 1969, where he is a member of the Collinwood High School Hall of Fame.