Town of Ignacio's Accessibility Plan

Accessibility Standards

Our ongoing technology accessibility efforts rely on the technical standards provided by:

8 CCR 1501-11 Rules Establishing Technology Accessibility Standards
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA or higher
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Chapter 4

Accessibility Maturity

Date	Check One	Stage	Criteria
		Inactive	No awareness and recognition of need. At this stage, organizations are inventorying their technology, have begun to make investments, etc.
6/25/2025	✔️	Launch	Recognized need organization-wide. Planning initiated but activities not well organized.
		Integrate	Roadmap including timeline is in place; overall organizational approach defined and well organized.
		Optimize	Incorporated into the whole organization, consistently evaluated and actions taken on assessment outcomes.

Progress Since Our Last Update

Progress includes:

Hired a consultant (CGDA) to assist us with accessibility work.
Trained staff on website and document accessibility fundamentals.
Added an accessibility statement to our website.
Remediated critical accessibility errors on the Town of Ignacio website.
Created accessible templates for the Town Board Packets
Began retroactively bringing the Town’s documents into compliance or creating alternative versions.
Created an ACR for the Town of Ignacio website (Accessibility Conformance Report).

Challenges include:

Limited resources and budget. We currently do not have an IT person on staff.
Allocating time to learning about accessibility and understanding how to apply this knowledge and remediate our digital properties.

How We Are Implementing Accessibility

The Town of Ignacio is committed to providing equitable access to all Coloradans. To that end, The Town of Ignacio has a plan to prioritize, evaluate, remediate and continuously improve digital touchpoints within our services, programs and activities. We are incorporating accessibility into our day-to-day work. Below, you’ll find some of the measures that The Town of Ignacio is undertaking.

We have started working with an accessibility consultant (CGDA) to assist us in prioritizing and executing website and document remediation and helping achieve compliance.
CGDA is providing our staff with training to ensure that any new documents and webpages are WCAG compliant.
Website remediation is currently in progress and critical errors have been addressed.
We have created an ACR (Accessibility Conformance Report) to understand how our website conforms with WCAG guidelines.
Create and implement a plan for providing reasonable accommodations and modifications, which includes preparing our staff to respond to requests for assistance.
Provide contact information for people to give us accessibility feedback and request reasonable accommodations or modifications.

Formal Approval

Tuggy Dunton, Clerk/Treasurer
June 26, 2025