Larimer County highlights digital‑accessibility work: 90%+ site compliance, VPAT repository and new PDF tool

Mackenzie Lowe, Larimer County’s ADA coordinator, told commissioners the county is consistently tracking website and digital accessibility and has maintained compliance above 90% in recent months.

Lowe described three operational pieces: (1) a VPAT repository that collects voluntary product accessibility testing records from vendors to support purchasing decisions; (2) training materials for departments planned for Q2–Q3 to strengthen internal accessibility practices; and (3) Equidox, a new PDF remediation tool that recently went live and should help preserve high compliance for commonly used PDF documents.

Support Services CIO Mark Fafinger said state law and subsequent rules allow documented remediation plans and phased remediation for systems with high monetary or technical cost; he warned internal custom software will take longer to remediate and that the county’s public website metric (above 90%) is a leading indicator rather than a measure of every internal product.

Commissioners praised the people‑centered approach and suggested the county share its methods as an example for other jurisdictions.