Our Aim

The City of West Des Moines is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continue to make changes to improve the user experience for everyone and apply the relevant accessibility standards.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

Wherever possible, the City of West Des Moines will aim to adhere to the applicable WCAG guidelines, which states that sites should be:

• Perceivable - Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.
• Operable - User interface components and navigation must be operable.
• Understandable - Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.
• Robust - Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.

As part of our efforts to achieve WCAG compliance, we use Acquia Optimize as an ongoing monitoring service.

We welcome your feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of our website. If you have experienced any accessibility barriers while using any part of this website, please let us know:

• Phone: Audrey Kennis, ADA Coordinator, (515) 440-4835
• E-mail Audrey Kennis about website accessibility barriers or to offer us feedback.