Lake County advances ADA transition plan; staff highlights web-accessibility deadline

Oct 28, 2025

Lake County staff updated the DEI committee on a countywide ADA transition plan that includes public outreach, extensive field reviews of rights-of-way and facilities, and a new review of public service areas. Communications staff and vendor CivicPlus are scanning county web content to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance by April 24, 2026.

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Assistant County Administrator Ruth Anne, who is serving as Lake County's ADA coordinator, told the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee on Oct. 28 that the county's ADA transition plan will produce a countywide master plan to guide accessibility improvements for facilities, rights-of-way and county services.

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