In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the City of Cedar Key will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities. Employment: The City of Cedar Key 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 Cedar Key will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communications for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in City of Cedar Key’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 Cedar Key will make all reasonable modifications to policies or procedures 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 welcome in the City of Cedar Key’s facilities/properties, 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 the City of Cedar Key, should contact the Town’s ADA Coordinator as soon as possible but no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled event. Contact information for the ADA Coordinator is as follows:
Jennifer Sylvester, Interim City Clerk/ADA Coordinator
Public Records Custodian
P.O. Box 339
490 2nd Street
Cedar Key, FL 32625
Phone: (352) 543-5132
Email: cityhall@cedarkeyfl.us
The ADA does not require the City of Cedar Key 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 the City of Cedar Key is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to the ADA Coordinator as listed above. The City of Cedar Key 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 not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.
