“I feel like I'm trying to keep the Titanic afloat with a spoon.”
That's Todd Holmes, IT support specialist at Kit Carson County. His title on paper: one. His actual job: five public systems.
When Colorado made website accessibility the law, it landed on his desk too.
He was already doing real accessibility work.
Todd tagged every site image by hand. He added automated PDF tagging. He held back documents that failed quality checks. He was doing genuinely good work.
But he had no idea if it was enough.
“Are we there? No. I'm doing the best I can. Is it going to be good enough? I don't know.”
Not neglect. A capable person doing real work with no clarity on whether he was meeting Colorado's requirements.
Why he was stuck
Auditing a site and fixing what it finds is expensive. And it is never a one-time job.
Websites change. New content gets added. Pages get updated. Every change has the potential to introduce a new barrier, so the work has to keep going.
He couldn't afford that cycle.
“The cost of it was just ridiculous. So not doing that. At that point, it's cheaper to pay the fine.”
The shift
A3S is a monthly program that handles continuous auditing, remediating, and validating. Every month. Built into the operating budget.
Todd got continuous compliance without breaking the bank.
Todd still runs IT for the whole county. Accessibility just isn't his alone anymore.
A3S runs the county's accessibility audit cycle every month. Each cycle produces the same evidence: tested pages, barriers found, fixes applied, verification complete.
That documented record is the proof Colorado requires. Todd's answer changed from “I don't know” to “I have proof.”
Photo: Kit Carson County
The ongoing record
What every cycle produces.
- Coverage
- Priority pages testedand recorded each cycle
- WCAG matrix
- Every applicable criterionchecked page by page
- Finding record
- Every barrier namedwith the page and the method that caught it
- Repairs
- Critical issues addressedretested before the cycle closes
Drawn from the county's live accessibility record.
In his own words
“Don't know where I would be without you.”
Continuous compliance. One clear record.
Colorado's rule doesn't ask you to be perfect. It asks you to show what you're doing. Most counties are doing the work but can't prove it. Kit Carson County now proves it every month.
- Compliance demonstrated every month
- No more guessing whether the work is good enough
- Continuous documented record of progress
- Accessibility no longer Todd's solo burden
- Meets or exceeds Colorado's state accessibility requirements
- Critical barriers fixed first, everything else follows
Where your county stands
Colorado's accessibility penalties are real. Most counties are doing the work but lack proof they're doing it.
We'll spend an hour looking at your site, at no cost.
You will see exactly where you stand.