{"id":39536,"date":"2026-09-10T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=39536"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:46:49","slug":"schultz-given-ada-title-vi-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/schultz-given-ada-title-vi-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Schultz given ADA\/Title VI post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Schultz, Decatur&#8217;s street\/sanitation superintendent, has been named the city&#8217;s ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and Title VI coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title was handed Schultz via resolution at a recent meeting of the city&#8217;s board of works and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former city employee Jeremy Gilbert had served in the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schultz will oversee the city&#8217;s ADA and Title VI compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Matt-Schultz.jpg?resize=502%2C604&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Matt-Schultz.jpg?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Matt-Schultz.jpg?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schultz was named following a report at the meeting by Mitch Hansel of USI Consultants concerning the city&#8217;s ongoing compliance with ADA and Title VI regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hansel monitors the city&#8217;s compliance. \u201cWe need to continue to make progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with a question about ADA compliance should call 724-3356.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Matt Schultz, Decatur&#8217;s street\/sanitation superintendent, has been named the city&#8217;s ADA (Americans with Disabilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-39536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Matt-Schultz.jpg?fit=502%2C604&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39538,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39536\/revisions\/39538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}