ADA Compliance - Notice of Non-Discrimination Policies

By the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (“Rehabilitation Act”), the Village of Vernon Hills does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities based on disability in any of its services, programs, or activities.

Employment

The Village of Vernon Hills does not discriminate based on 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 and the Rehabilitation Act.

Effective Communication 

The Village of Vernon Hills will, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services to ensure effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate in the Village of Vernon Hills’s programs, services, and activities.  Examples of auxiliary aids and services include but are not limited to qualified sign language interpreters, captioning, assistive listening devices, communication access real-time translation (CART), electronic documents, Braille documents, large print documents, note takers, and audio descriptions.  

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service to participate in a program, service, or activity of the Village of Vernon Hills should contact the department or agency responsible for that program, service or activity. Requests for auxiliary aids or services should be made as early as possible but no later than 72 hours before the scheduled program or activity.  Although auxiliary aids and services may not be available if requested less than 72 hours before an event, the Village will attempt to make an effective auxiliary aid or service available even if this deadline is not met.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures 

The Village of Vernon Hills will make all reasonable modifications to policies and 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 welcomed in Village of Vernon Hills offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.

Anyone who requires a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of the Village of Vernon Hills, should contact the department or agency responsible for the program, service or activity.

Surcharges 

The Village of Vernon Hills 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.

Neither the ADA nor the Rehabilitation Act requires the Village of Vernon Hills to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Complaints 

At the time of this notice, the Village is developing its grievance procedure.  Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the Village of Vernon Hills is not accessible to persons with disabilities, is failing to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services or has failed to make reasonable modifications to its policies and procedures to allow participation by individuals with disabilities should be directed, in writing if possible, to the Village’s ADA Coordinator:

Andrew C. Jennings, AICP
Community Development Director
290 Evergreen Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Phone (847) 918-3548
andrewj@vhills.org