Accessibility Monitoring for NJ Municipalities
Weekly WCAG 2.1 AA monitoring across your main site, council agenda system, tax portal, recreation, and OPRA portal — with the Title II framing your counsel actually wants.
NJ has 564 municipalities. Under the 2026-04-20 DOJ Interim Final Rule, municipalities of 50,000+ pop. have an ADA Title II web compliance deadline of April 26, 2027; smaller municipalities have until April 26, 2028. We provide informational monitoring purpose-built for that reality.
One accountable partner, fast decisions, and a premium result that looks expensive and feels simple. We confirm scope, build fast, and ship.
What municipal accessibility monitoring actually covers
A NJ municipality typically operates 5–15 public-facing web properties: the main municipal site, a separate council/board agenda system, a tax portal (often Vital, Edmunds, ADP), recreation registration (CommunityPass, ActiveNet, RecDesk), an OPRA portal, a municipal court calendar, sometimes a separate construction-permits portal. ADA Title II covers all of them, not just the main site.
The 2026-04-20 DOJ Interim Final Rule sets two compliance tiers for NJ municipalities: April 26, 2027 (population 50,000+) and April 26, 2028 (under 50,000). The technical baseline is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The substantive obligation did not change — only the date.
Our monitoring runs against every property the municipality designates. Each weekly report shows: per-property failure counts, severity, what changed since last week, and a trend chart. Reports are written for municipal administrators and elected officials — the people who answer to constituents at council meetings — not just IT.
For vendor-hosted properties (tax portal, rec registration, OPRA), we monitor what the vendor exposes and flag what they don't. The vendor-tagged findings give your municipality real evidence for vendor contract conversations — instead of vague accessibility complaints, you walk in with "the tax portal failed three contrast SCs every week for the past quarter."
What we don't do: tell your municipality it is "ADA compliant." Compliance is a determination only your municipal counsel and (ultimately) a court can make. We provide the documented technical baseline. The legal status is your counsel's lane — and any vendor selling municipal "compliance" without a JD on staff is overpromising.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which deadline applies to my municipality?
NJ municipalities of 50,000+ pop. (Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Edison, Woodbridge, Lakewood, Toms River, Hamilton, Trenton, Clifton, Cherry Hill, Brick, Camden, Bayonne, Passaic, Union City, East Orange, Vineland) fall in the April 26, 2027 tier. All others fall in the April 26, 2028 tier. Verify with the most recent Census data and your counsel.
We use a third-party vendor for our tax portal. Do they have to be accessible?
You are responsible for public-facing content you publish through any platform, regardless of vendor. Your contract with the vendor should require the vendor to maintain accessibility. We monitor what's publicly facing and tag findings by property so you can hold vendors accountable.
What about archived board agendas in PDF?
PDFs published on a public-facing municipal site fall under Title II. Older archived content has different obligations under the rule. We monitor for the patterns that typically need PDF remediation and prioritize new/active content first.
Do you work with our risk pool / JIF?
Yes. Monitoring outputs — dated, signed weekly posture reports — are exactly the kind of artifact your JIF wants to see. Some NJ JIFs and risk pools have specifically asked for this kind of documentation.
What does it cost?
Depends on property count. Small borough (5 properties): $299–$599/month. Mid-size township: $599–$1,199. Large city: custom quote. Request a quote with your property inventory.