The city of North Las Vegas has reached an out-of-court settlement with a city parks worker who said he was forced to retire because of a visual impairment. A consent decree filed Thursday for approval in U.S. District Court calls for the city to pay former parks maintenance crew leader Joseph Dixon about $38,000 in damages to resolve his Americans with Disabilities Act complaint. The Justice Department complaint says Dixon worked for the city for nearly 20 years before he was required to obtain a commercial driver's license. He couldn’t due to permanent damage to his left eye.
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Jay Bartos joined Nevada Public Radio in 1993 to develop and manage the state’s first radio reading service for people unable to use standard printed material due to blindness or another disability. After the reading service was discontinued in 2011, he became the afternoon host on KNPR for ten years. Jay can now be heard on air on News 88.9 KNPR and Classical 89.7 KCNV throughout the week.