Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a Federal law that was adopted in 1990. The ADA provides a comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities in employment, transportation public accommodations, state and municipal government activities and telecommunications. Different parts of the law became effective on different dates.

Equal Opportunities

Effective January 26, 1992, municipal governments must provide equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in their programs, activities, and services. In addition, cities and towns had to appoint an ADA Coordinator to oversee the municipality’s efforts to comply with the law and handle disability based discrimination complaints.

Title I ADA Coordinator

The Title I ADA Coordinator handles accessibility requests and issues from municipal employees. E.g. All Town employees should contact:

Contact: Carol Days - Email Carol Days

Title II ADA Coordinator

The Title II ADA Coordinator handles accessibility requests and issues from the general public. 

Contact: Jeffrey S. Mello - Email Jeffrey Mello

Town-Provided Services / Town-Owned Buildings

If you are having issues with town-provided services or town-owned buildings contact the Title II ADA Coordinator to address the issue. The ADA Coordinator’s Office is located in the Building Department at 100 Peck Street.

Public Notice

In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Town of Seekonk does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to or operations of its programs, services or activities. 

Employment: The Town of Seekonk does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with the ADA title I employment regulations.

Effective Communication: The Town of Seekonk will, upon request, provide auxiliary aids and services leading to effective communication for people with disabilities, including qualified sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, documents in Braille, and other ways of making communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures: The Town of Seekonk will make reasonable modifications to policies and procedures to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy programs, services, and activities. For example, people with service animals are welcomed in Town building and offices, even where pets and other animals are prohibited.

Requests: To request an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures contact the appropriate ADA Coordinator as soon as possible, preferably 30 days in advance of the event.

Copies of the notice are available, upon request, in accessible formats (large print, audiotape, braille, etc.). Call the ADA Coordinator office at 508-336-2994 to request the notice.

Web Page Assist

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. The Town of Seekonk website www.seekonk-ma.gov is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional accessibility considerations

Although our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: Images of text are only used for decorative purposes. Re-authentication after a session expires does not cause loss of data.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of www.seekonk-ma.gov  Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• E-mail: Carol Days  
• Visitor and Postal Address: 100 Peck Street, Seekonk, MA 02771 

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Private Entities

Private entities that operate public accommodations, such as the following do not fall under the ADA Coordinator’s purview:

• Amusement Parks
• Bowling Alleys
• Doctors' Offices
• Dry Cleaners
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• Retail Stores
• Theaters

Contact Information

Contact the Office of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice at:

• Phone: 202-514-0301
• Phone: 800-514-0301 Voice
• Phone: 800-514-0383 TTY
• ADA Website