The Town of Cedarburg is committed to providing adequate access by handicapped
or visually impaired persons to public buildings. This chapter provides for
a grievance procedure providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints
alleging any action prohibited by § 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 § 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 Town believes that resolution of the complaint will be more promptly achieved
if the Town is able to provide a remedy before the complaint is brought to
an external organization.
This chapter shall be construed to protect the substantive rights of
interested persons, to meet appropriate due process standards and to assure
that the Town complies with § 504 regulations.