[Adopted 12-27-1988 as Title 10, Ch. 9 of the
1988 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code
(see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Village is committed to providing adequate access by handicapped
or visually impaired persons to public buildings financed in part by federal
revenue sharing. This chapter provides for a grievance procedure providing
for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action prohibited
by the Office of Revenue Sharing's regulations [31 CFR 51.55(d)(2)] implementing
28 CFR 35.107(b) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Section 35.107(b)
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 complaint under 28 CFR 35.107(b) with the Office of
Revenue Sharing, U.S. 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 28 CFR 35.107(b) and the ADA regulations.
All written complaints received by the Clerk-Treasurer and responses
will be retained by the Village for at least three years.