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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, March 18, 2019 <br />Page 8 <br />they are driving down the road perfectly normally, I don't see why there has to be a law on the <br />books in the Village that says the police can pull them over for being distracted if they're not <br />being distracted. <br />Council President Saponaro stated, again, and we appreciate your comments and can continue <br />the conversation. You can certainly talk with the Chief or anyone after. But, there's a couple <br />more things that you should understand. This is not something that is unique to Mayfield <br />Village. There are other communities that have already adopted these. We are trending towards <br />this. We are going to be in a situation where it's now swiss cheese. You drive here, you can't <br />use your cellphone. You drive here, you can. We are moving and adapting to a more uniform <br />way of conducting safety for all of our communities and this is something that our police truly <br />believe in. We have always supported our police when they come to us with these. They are on <br />the front line of seeing what's going on out there, so this is the culmination of all of those things <br />but certainly your comments are well taken and we do appreciate that. <br />Mr. Christian asked, well don't you think it should be up to the State rather than local? <br />Council President Saponaro replied, no. So — <br />Mr. Christian continued, because if somebody's driving through the State and they go through <br />each one of these little villages, how are they to know what laws are in that particular little <br />village? <br />Council President Saponaro stated, okay. <br />Mr. Christian stated, it should be a State law and maybe you should go to the State and say look - <br />Council President Saponaro stated, and maybe it will be, but every community has the right to go <br />above what the State does. You can go above what Federal law does. We can't dilute it, but you <br />can go above it. So, maybe you can answer that question. <br />Mr. Coyne stated, Mr. Christian, I mean, you can go way back with the seatbelt law. The <br />original seatbelt law in the State of Ohio was first passed not by the State legislature, but by the <br />City of Brooklyn, Ohio. And it was enforced. And people looked at that as a trend setter that <br />that's a smart thing to do. Then automobiles started to require seatbelts to be fastened or you get <br />beeps. So, it's a part of the evolution of what's safe and the Police Department obviously makes <br />recommendations and if the Council finds it to be prudent in the protection of the public, they <br />have a right to consider its passage. This is on for Second Reading and as a consequence that's <br />how it's done. Maybe you should be writing to one of your State legislators to have them look <br />into doing it State-wide. That might be a good idea. <br />Council President Saponaro stated, thank you. <br />Mr. Christian asked, isn't that the job of local governments, to go to the State and say, look, we <br />passed this law, why isn't the State passing it? <br />