[Adopted 3-31-1992 as Title 15,
Ch. 3 of the 1992 Code]
The Village of Orfordville is committed to providing adequate access
by handicapped or visually impaired persons to public buildings financed in
part by federal revenue sharing. This article provides for a grievance procedure
providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action
prohibited by the Office of Revenue Sharing's (ORS) regulations [31 CFR 51.55(d)(2)]
implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29
U.S.C. § 794). Section 504 states, in part, that "no otherwise qualified
handicapped individual...shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded
from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance..."
The right of a person to a prompt and equitable resolution
of the complaint filed hereunder shall not be impaired by the person's pursuit
of other remedies such as the filing of a Section 504 complaint with the Office
of Revenue Sharing, United States Department of the Treasury. Utilization
of this grievance procedure is not a prerequisite to the pursuit of other
remedies. However, the Village believes that resolution of the complaint will
be more promptly achieved if the Village is able to provide a remedy before
the complaint is brought to an external organization.
This article shall be construed to protect the substantive rights of
interested persons, to meet appropriate due process standards and to assure
that the Village complies with Section 504 and the ORS regulations.