3. Upon receipt, the ADA Coordinator will provide the complainant with a
complaint procedure in a format accessible to the complainant.
4. The ADA Coordinator will contact and/or meet with the complainant within 15
calendar days of receipt of the complaint to discuss the complaint and
conduct whatever additional investigation of the complaint he or she
determines to be necessary.
5. The ADA Coordinator will respond to the complaint in writing, or where
appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, within 15 calendar
days of meeting with the complainant. This response will explain the Town’s
position and options to resolve the complaint, when appropriate.
6. If the complainant objects to the response, then he or she may appeal to the
ADA Coordinator within 15 calendar days after receiving the response. The
ADA Coordinators response becomes the Town’s final determination
respecting the complaint if the complainant does not so appeal.
7. Within 15 calendar days of receiving an appeal, the ADA Coordinator and/or
Town Manager will contact and/or meet with the complainant to discuss the
complainant’s objections to the ADA Coordinator’s initial response. If
determined to be necessary, an additional investigation will be conducted.
8. Within 15 calendar days after meeting with the complainant, the ADA
Coordinator and/or Town Manager will respond to the appeal in writing, or
where appropriate in a format accessible to the complainant. This response
will address each of the complainant’s objections to the ADA Coordinator’s
initial response. This response is the Town’s final determination respecting
the complaint.
9. The ADA Coordinator will retain all documents relating the a complaint for
three years after the date of the Town’s final determination respecting the
complaint.
10. Use of this complaint resolution procedure is not a prerequisite to the pursuit
of other legal remedies. A complainant therefore has the right to file a
complaint with the appropriate federal or state agency, including the U.S.
Department of Justice, at anytime throughout this process, or if the Town’s
final determination is not to his or her satisfaction.
For information about the ADA and how to file a complaint with the U.S.
Department of Justice, telephone 1-800-514-0301 (voice), 1-800-514-0383
(TTY), or go to the Internet site for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil
Rights Division.