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Council hears report on WCAG compliance; city schedules public hearing with refreshments
Summary
A council member reported the city must comply with 2024 web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) to make its website usable by people who rely on a single sense, and announced a local government study commission hearing Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber with ice cream to encourage attendance.
A speaker told the council the city must comply with web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG), a 2024 law requiring websites to be compatible with screen readers and meet color-contrast and form-accessibility standards so content can be used by someone relying on a single sense. "We are now required, due to a new, fairly new law that was enacted in 2024, called web content accessibility guidelines, WCAG," the speaker said, explaining the obligation to provide readable and usable website content for people with disabilities.
The speaker also said the local government study commission will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the council chamber and that the city will serve ice cream and refreshments to encourage attendance; printed copies of materials were offered for those without email or printers. The report included analytics from the city's website and offered to provide council members with copies of the information.
