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Commissioners approve consultant to bring county into Title VI/ADA compliance, authorize council funding request

La Porte County Board of Commissioners · April 16, 2026
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Summary

La Porte County commissioners voted to proceed with a consultant to address Title VI and ADA deficiencies after hearing that noncompliance could jeopardize federal grants; staff were authorized to approach the county council for additional funding.

La Porte County commissioners voted on April 15 to move forward with a consultant to address multiple Title VI and ADA deficiencies that county staff said could imperil eligibility for federal grants.

Mitch Bishop, the county planner, told the board that recent reviews show the county is deficient in "10, 11 different categories" of Title VI and ADA compliance and that the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is…

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