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Clerk: new ADA requirement means village must post meeting documents as PDFs; staff working on conversions
Summary
Clerk Melody Hall said a new ADA rule requires posted documents be PDFs; the village's computers have older word programs and she is working to convert agendas and documents so online posts comply and can't be edited by others.
Clerk Melody Hall told trustees she was unable to post the meeting agenda because a new ADA requirement requires any posted document to be in PDF format rather than a document file. Hall said the village's main computer and laptop have older word-processing programs and she is trying to find a way to convert documents to PDF so agendas and other documents can be reliably posted.
Hall characterized the PDF requirement as a safeguard so that once posted "anyone can go onto the site and change documents to read something else" if the file is not locked in PDF form. She told trustees she hopes to have the conversion issue resolved by next month's meeting so agendas and minutes can be published online in compliance with the requirement.
