Curtis Clay, director of school safety and security and transportation for the Henry County School District, said the county's traffic cameras in school zones enforce speed limits from the start of the school-day camera window through the end of the school day, and that drivers going 11 miles per hour or more above the posted limit will receive citations.

Clay said the enforcement program is administered by the Henry County Sheriff's Office, though the cameras are located in school zones for the Henry County School District. "This program is being administered by the Henry County Sheriff's Office, and, ultimately, they are the ones responsible for the program," Clay said.

Why it matters: the clarification addresses public confusion about when automated photo enforcement is active in school zones and whom to contact with complaints. Clay said some residents expected cameras to operate only during the 30-minute before-and-after windows commonly used for school zone speed limits; he said cameras begin capturing at the start of the school-zone camera window (typically 30 minutes before school begins) and continue capturing speed in that zone "for the entire day until 30 minutes after the school ends." Outside those times, the cameras will operate according to the posted roadway speed limit.

Details: Clay said individual school-zone hours vary by school; times he cited start as early as 6:15 a.m. and can end as late as 3:15 p.m. He described typical posted school-zone speeds as roughly 15 or 20 miles per hour and said the program issues citations when a driver is 11 miles an hour or more over the applicable limit: "if you're going 11 miles or above over that speed limit, you're going to receive a citation," Clay said.

Location question and next steps: Clay acknowledged questions about the school zone on WC Owens and said county and transportation entities are reviewing whether that school-zone location should move. "Once we have that information and the Department of Transportation has made that decision, we will make it a point to put it out to the public," he said.

How to raise concerns: Clay told residents that complaints about citations or how the camera enforcement is operating should be directed to the Henry County Sheriff's Office. For questions about school-zone placement or other school-district matters, he directed people to the school safety and security division.

No formal board action, vote, or policy change was recorded during this presentation.