ADA

If you would like the City of Neenah to investigate and resolve a disability access request(s), please contact the city attorney by calling 920-886-6107 or via email at attorney@ci.neenah.wi.us  Please click on the link to access the Americans with Disability Assistance Form

Meeting Accommodations

Neenah City Hall is accessible to the physically disadvantaged. If special accommodations are needed please contact the Neenah City Clerk’s Office at 886-6100 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Notice Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), the City of Neenah will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

Employment: The City of Neenah 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 ADA.

Effective Communication: The City of Neenah will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in City of Neenah’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 of Neenah 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 of Neenah 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 program, service, or activity of City of Neenah , should contact the office of BLANK as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.

The ADA does not require the City of Neenah 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 program, service, or activity of City of Neenah is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to BLANK.

The City of Neenah 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.

Policy Against Discrimination of Persons with Disabilities

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Reasonable Accommodation Policy

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Neenah has adopted the following policy for addressing requests for reasonable accommodations made by people with disabilities in its services, activities, programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.

Citizens seeking reasonable accommodations through the ADA should submit their request in writing* to:

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If the ADA Coordinator wishes to grant the accommodation, the petitioner will be notified within one week of receipt of the request and no further action will be required by the petitioner. The request will then be implemented by the appropriate City Department.

If the ADA Coordinator refuses to grant the accommodation request, the petitioner will be notified in writing of the decision, along with his or her rights to file a grievance under the City’s Grievance Procedure, in a format acceptable to the petitioner. A copy of that procedure will be included in the correspondence to the petitioner.

* Alternative means of filing a request, such as personal interviews, phone calls, or taped requests, will be made available for persons with disabilities if unable to communicate their request in writing.