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~8~ TUESDAY JULY 10, 1984 reported that petitioner owns the properties on both sides of this street section. Pursuant to the request of the City's Board of Public Welfare, Council unanimously and officially re-named this board as the Board of Social Services. Council unanimously authorized the Blue Ridge Regional Library to accept and expend a State grant-in-aid, to be received for the year 1984-85 in the total amount of $207,543.00, for the purchase of library books, materials, binding, and equipment in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Library Board. Council also authorized City Manager Edmonds to execute an appropriate form, certifying to this action, for relay to the State Librarian. By written report dated July 5, 1984, City Manager Edmonds presented a historical re- view of the non-occupational disability ("weekly indemnity") benefit provided by the City to its employees through a commercial insurance carrier (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) from its inception in 1939 through October 31, 1983, at which latter date the City became a self-insuror of this benefit plan because premiums paid the com- mercial carrier for this coverage far exceeded benefit pay-outs. In concluding his report, City Manager Edmonds submitted the following comments and recommendations toward up-dating the benefit plan, for which the City would continue to be the self- insuror: It appears that the present disability indemnity, while very beneficial in its earlier years, needs to be revised to provide more meaningful assistance to our employees in times of true hardship. It is recommended that the disability plan be modified so that it does not become effective until an employee has completely exhausted all sick, annual and compensatory leave, at which time the employee must be placed in (an) "Approved Leave Without Pay" status. In lieu of the pre- sent $30.00 or $40.00 per week benefit, it is recommended that Council set the weekly/monthly rate at 30% of salary/wages. (If such a plan had been in effect during the years 1982 and 1983, the cost to the City would have been only $7,859.00 versus the $28,000.00 paid in premiums.)