[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleton 10-15-1984.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Personnel — See Ch. 68
The Town of Middleton, through its Board of Selectmen, hereby adopts
the following grievance procedure in accordance with Federal Revenue Sharing
Regulations § 51.55(d)(2). The purpose of these procedures is to
provide for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging handicapped
discrimination.
Town Personnel Plan § 68-46 is incorporated by reference.
A.
Any person applying for or receiving services who is
dissatisfied with any action with regard to the furnishing or denial of such
services, including ineligibility decisions, may file a request for an administrative
review and redetermination of that action.
B.
The person, his/her parent, guardian or representative
may request an administrative review either orally or in writing. If the request
is made orally then it shall be entered in the person's record if records
are maintained.
C.
The administrative review shall be held at a time and
a place convenient to all persons involved and which is accessible if a mobility-impaired
individual is involved.
D.
Interpreter or reader services shall be arranged if needed
to allow the person to fully participate in the review.
E.
All decisions resulting from a review shall be mailed
to the individual requesting the review and shall be entered in the record.
G.
The mailing of administrative review decisions shall
be done by certified mail with return receipt requested.
H.
An administrative review decision shall contain all the
reasons and other documentation which was used to reach the decision.
I.
At any level during the review process new evidence may
be introduced by either party.
J.
All administrative review decisions shall be mailed within
30 days from the day that the review was conducted. (The next level beyond
an administrative review is a fair hearing process.)
K.
Before a person can request a fair hearing, his/her request
for an administrative review must be read by all levels of the administrative
review procedure, which shall consist of the following levels: (Each agency
should note the appropriate levels within their structure at which administrative
review would take place.)