NOTICE UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), the City of Clovis will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities.
Employment:
The City of Clovis does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Effective Communication:
The City of Clovis will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in City programs, services, and activities. Aids and services include qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing or vision impairments. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the City Clerk at 321 Connelly at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the City Clerk at 321 Connelly if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.
Modifications to Policies and Procedures:
The City of Clovis will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all City programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in City offices, even where pets are generally prohibited. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a City program, service or activity, should contact the City Clerk at 321 Connelly as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.
The ADA does not require the City to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.
Concerns that a City program, service or activity is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to the ADA Coordinator:
Andre Moquin
City of Clovis
P.O. Box 760
Clovis, NM 88102
(575) 763-9652
amoquin@cityofclovis.org
Resources:
ADA.gov
ADA Preliminary Transition Plan-City of Clovis
ADA Law Handbook
Title VI Plan-City of Clovis
ADA Grievance Procedure – Coming Soon!
Accommodation & Facility Access Request Form – Coming Soon!
City of Clovis Website
The City of Clovis website has been designed with Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) in mind for making web content accessible to people with disabilities (ADA compliance).
UserWay Accessibility Menu
Each page of the City website, including the homepage includes an Accessibility Menu by UserWay that can be accessed via clicking on the icon in the bottom left corner of the screen or by clicking (CTRL+U). The UserWay Accessibility Menu includes a page reader, keyboard navigation, contract selections, highlighting of links, increasing or decreasing the size of text, increasing text spacing, and increasing cursor size.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Adobe, the makers of Acrobat Reader for PDF documents, has developed tools to assist blind and visually impaired users. Please visit the Adobe Accessibility(link is external) area for more information.
Adobe also provides free online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents. Learn more at http://access.adobe.com/access/(link is external).
Alternate Format
If you have a disability and need assistance accessing information on our website, please contact the City’s Web Team at webmaster@cityofclovis.org. Please provide the following:
- The name of the requested material or document
- The department and web address of the requested material
- Your preferred format (electronic, larger print, etc)
- Your name, phone number and email address so we may reach you.
Changing Text Size
You may quickly increase the text size of our web pages by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the + key. To decrease the text size, hold down the Ctrl key and press the – key.
The City’s website was designed from the ground up using current accessibility best practices. Text sizes can be easily scaled using all standards compliant HTML5 browsers.
Browser Accessibility Information
Many popular browsers contain built-in accessibility tools.