Your agenda PDFs, on CivicPlus, Granicus, Revize or Municode
The short answer: if your city, county or town's website runs on CivicPlus, Granicus (govAccess or Legistar), Revize or Municode, your council agendas, packets and minutes are almost always posted as plain PDF files. Plain PDFs like that are one of the most common places a government website fails the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA, the standard named in the Justice Department's ADA Title II rule.
Is this your website?
- CivicPlus: your footer reads "Government Websites by CivicPlus®," and agendas live under an address like
/AgendaCenteror/DocumentCenter. - Granicus: your meeting packets are hosted at a
legistar.granicus.comaddress, or your site runs through agovaccess.orgaddress. - Revize: your footer reads "Powered by revize., the government website experts."
- Municode: your code of ordinances is hosted at
library.municode.com.
Not sure, or on a different system entirely? Everything below still applies — see where each fix goes by platform, or just run the free scan below.
The deadline
Governments serving 50,000 or more people must meet WCAG 2.1 AA by April 26, 2027. Governments serving fewer than 50,000 people, and every special district, have until April 26, 2028. The Justice Department moved both dates back one year in an interim final rule published April 20, 2026. A federal lawsuit filed in May 2026 asks a court to undo that extension; there has been no ruling, and we will update this page if the dates change. More about the deadline.
What we do
Our automated tests check your public pages and the PDFs linked from them against WCAG 2.1 AA, and tell you in plain English what passes our automated tests and what does not. For an agenda, packet or minutes PDF that fails, we rebuild it as a new, tagged file: real headings, lists, tables, a correct reading order, and written descriptions for any pictures, while checking that the rebuilt text still says exactly what the original said. Every package includes a written test report and 12 months of automatic monthly re-testing, so next month's agenda gets checked too.
What we don't do
We never log into your CivicPlus, Granicus, Revize or Municode account, and we never ask for one. When a PDF needs rebuilding, we hand you the finished file, and your own clerk's office or web team re-uploads it in place of the old one — the same way you already post a corrected agenda today, at the same public link. Anything a page's own content editor cannot reach, such as a sitewide template or theme setting, stays a request to your platform's own support team; your fix pack includes wording you can paste straight into that ticket.
Packages and prices
One price covers the fixes, the rebuilt PDFs, the written test report, and a year of monthly re-testing.
- Practice, $990: for a small office's website with light PDF volume.
- Clinic, $2,900: for a health center or larger practice.
- Town, $4,900: for towns, boards and special districts with regular council agendas.
- City, $9,900: for cities, counties and larger agencies with heavier packet volume.
Each package covers one website, with its own page and PDF-page limits — see all packages. A larger site, or more than one website to cover? Ask for a written quote.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need a login to our CivicPlus, Granicus, Revize or Municode account?
No. We never ask for one and never log in. We test your public pages and PDFs, hand you the rebuilt files, and your own team re-uploads them.
Does passing your test mean we're done, legally?
Our report shows exactly which pages and documents pass our automated tests, and says plainly where a person still needs to judge something a machine cannot. No automated test finds every accessibility problem, and we will never tell you otherwise.
Our main site is on one platform but the agendas live somewhere else — can you still help?
Yes. It's common for a city's main website to run on one system while meeting packets are hosted separately, such as through Legistar or BoardDocs. We test and rebuild wherever the pages and PDFs actually live.
How fast is the free scan?
Usually a few minutes. You get a private report link by email, with no cost and no obligation.
What's the deadline again?
April 26, 2027 for governments serving 50,000 people or more; April 26, 2028 for smaller governments and every special district.
This page is general information, not legal advice.
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