The City of Conyers has a work session scheduled for Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with three items on the agenda. No votes are taken at work sessions — they are discussion and preview meetings held ahead of formal council action. But what gets discussed at a work session tells you a lot about where city priorities are headed.
Here is what is on the table, and what I am watching.
Speed Cameras in School Zones
The first item is a Professional Services Agreement between RedSpeed Georgia LLC and the City of Conyers for a Speed Photo Enforcement System to monitor and enforce school speed zones.
Speed camera contracts deserve scrutiny. These agreements typically involve a revenue-sharing arrangement between the vendor and the city — meaning RedSpeed collects a portion of every ticket issued. Before the council votes to approve this contract, the public should know the full financial terms: what does the city pay RedSpeed, what does RedSpeed keep, how are citations issued and contested, and what oversight exists over the system's operation?
I have filed an Open Records Act request for the full contract and financial terms.
A Communications Sharing Agreement
The second item is an Interagency Communications Sharing Agreement between the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, the Conyers Police Department, and Rockdale County EMA.
On its surface this is a routine public safety coordination agreement. I have filed an Open Records Act request for the full agreement to ensure there are no unusual data sharing or liability provisions worth flagging for the public.
$561,856 for Golf Carts
The third item is the one that caught my attention.
The city is considering a request to purchase 64 new golf carts from Club Car for Cherokee Run Golf Club at a cost of $561,856.00. That works out to approximately $8,779 per cart.
I want to be clear — Cherokee Run Golf Club is a city-owned facility and maintaining its equipment is a legitimate city expense. But $561,856 is a significant public expenditure, and the public deserves to know the details before the council votes: What is the condition of the existing fleet? What is the expected lifespan of the new carts? Was this purchase competitively bid? Is it budgeted in the FY2026-2027 proposal currently under review?
Those are reasonable questions for any expenditure of this size. I have filed an Open Records Act request for the full bid and procurement documents.
What I Am Pursuing
Work sessions are not voting meetings, but the items on the agenda Wednesday will likely come before the full council for a vote at the May 20 regular meeting or a future session.
I will report what the records show when they are received.
If you have information about any of these items or any other City of Conyers matter, contact me at cj@cjlesterinvestigates.com.
Editor's note: As a matter of editorial practice, I do not publish stories or articles unless I have documents, records, or verified information to support them. If there are periods without new coverage, it is because I am waiting on outstanding records requests, or attending to personal or family matters. I do not publish to fill space — I publish when the record is complete enough to report accurately.
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