NOTICE UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Omaha, Nebraska will not discriminate
against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in
its services, programs, or activities.
Employment: The City does
not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment
practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission under title I of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA).
Effective Communication: The City will generally, upon request,
provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for
qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the
City’s programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language
interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and
communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision
impairments.
Modifications to Policies and
Procedures: The City will make
all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people
with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services,
and activities. For example,
individuals with service animals are welcomed in City offices, even where pets
are generally prohibited.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary
aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures
to participate in a City program, service, or activity, should contact the
office of [name and contact info for ADA
Coordinator] as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the
scheduled event.
The ADA does not require the
City to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its
programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative
burden.
Complaints that a City program,
service, or activity is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be
directed to [Name and contact information of ADA Coordinator].
The City will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.