Demonstration redesign prepared by LED Secure Infrastructure. Not the official Town website. Content copied from townofsandlake.us on November 11, 2026.
Averill Park, Sand Lake and West Sand Lake
Town of Sand LakeRensselaer County, New York

Draft for Town review - not adopted

Accessibility Statement

The Town wants every resident to be able to use this website, including people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnification or other assistive technology.

Draft for Town review - not adopted

This statement was written for the demonstration redesign and describes how this demonstration site is built. It has not been reviewed or adopted by the Town of Sand Lake. Items in square brackets are for the Town to complete.

Our standard

This website is built to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA.

What we have done

  • Page structure. Every page uses standard landmarks (header, navigation, main content and footer), one main heading, and headings in order, so screen reader users can move through a page by section.
  • Skip link. The first item on every page is a "Skip to main content" link. Press Tab once after a page loads to reach it.
  • Keyboard use. Menus, links, buttons and form fields work with a keyboard alone. The site index menu closes with the Escape key and returns focus to the button that opened it.
  • Visible focus. The item that has keyboard focus always shows a clear outline.
  • Color contrast. Text and background colors were checked against the WCAG contrast ratios: at least 4.5 to 1 for regular text and 3 to 1 for large text.
  • Reduced motion. If your device is set to reduce motion, the site turns off its entrance animations. Every page is complete without animation and without JavaScript.
  • Text alternatives. Photographs have text descriptions. Decorative shapes are hidden from screen readers.
  • Documents as web pages. Town forms, agendas, minutes and reports in the Document Library have HTML versions that can be read on any screen size and by assistive technology, with the original PDF offered alongside.
  • Tables and forms. Data tables have header cells. Form fields have visible labels, and groups of checkboxes are labeled as groups.
  • Resizing. Text sizes adjust to the screen, and pages work at 200 percent zoom and on phones without scrolling sideways.

Known limits

  • Some original PDF documents are scanned images of paper pages. A screen reader cannot read a scanned image. Where we have not yet made an HTML version of a scanned document, the document's page says so. Contact us and we will provide the content in a form you can use.
  • The Document Library on this demonstration site converts a representative set of documents. The current Town website holds many more, and they have not all been converted.
  • Websites run by others, such as BAS eGov for tax payments, Town Hall Streams for meeting video and eCode360 for the Town Code, are outside the Town's control and may not meet the same standard.

Tell us about a problem

If something on this site does not work for you, or you need a document in a different format, please contact [Town to designate office, phone and email]. Tell us the page address and what happened, and we will respond within [Town to designate] business days.

You can also call Town Hall at 518-674-2026, Monday-Friday 9 am - 4 pm.

Review

Draft prepared November 11, 2026. Adopted: [Town to designate]. Next review: [Town to designate].

This draft describes the demonstration site as built. The Town Hall phone number and hours are from townofsandlake.us, copied November 11, 2026.