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Hutchinson County authorizes IT to pursue GovStack for ADA-compliant website overhaul
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Summary
Following new federal ADA website rules and rising vendor costs, the court authorized the county IT director to pursue a GovStack proposal and bring a contract to the next meeting. GovStack was reported as the lowest 5-year cost; staff noted a 5–6 month implementation timeline and migration fee and annual costs.
Hutchinson County Commissioners directed the county’s IT department to pursue a proposal from GovStack to replace the county website and meet updated federal ADA rules.
Richard Hine (S9), who led the information-technology presentation, described a recently published set of federal ADA rules for websites and explained that the county’s current vendor pricing was rising substantially. He compared three vendors (CivicPlus, GovStack and others), saying CivicPlus offers an "alternate conforming" approach while GovStack aims for native ADA compliance. Hine said GovStack had the lowest total 5-year cost and provided a vendor estimate of a $14,949 migration fee and $6,080 annual fee for the county implementation, and estimated a 5–6 month timeline to completion. He also flagged PDF accessibility as an outstanding task and discussed options for producing accessible text versions for existing PDFs.
Commissioners asked about migration fees, the ability to consolidate departmental sites (including the sheriff’s site), and whether the county could meet a September/October compliance milestone. Hine recommended budgeting for a PDF-alternate-conforming tool if needed and said he would bring a GovStack proposal to the next meeting.
S1 moved to authorize Richard Hine to move forward with GovStack; the court approved the motion and asked staff to prepare the contract and timeline for the next meeting. The county will need departmental participation during site design and to budget for migration and potential PDF remediation work.
