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Cole County Commission weighs outsourcing to meet ADA document-remediation deadline

Cole County Commission · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Staff reported eight working days until a remediation deadline and requested a small budget to outsource difficult documents (estimated $1.50/page for complex pages, $1.20/page for text). Commissioners authorized staff to begin work with an initial $500 bucket and instructed staff to return if costs exceed $1,000.

Staff responsible for ADA document remediation told the Cole County Commission on April 14 that eight working days remained before the remediation deadline and that eight offices are complete while five are nearly finished. Staff member (S3) said some documents—especially those with tables—are more challenging to remediate and offered to outsource selected files to a remediation vendor that bills by the page.

Staff (S3) provided…

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