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222 procedures . Motion carried on roll call vote , Councilman Arnett being noted absent . Councilman Keckley moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO . 5867 APPROVING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR 1968 -69 DEWATERING PROGRAM FOR REDWOOD CITY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0 , 1 -64 ; AND AUTHORIZING CITY CLERK TO CALL FOR BIDS THEREFOR , seconded by Councilman Rosselli , Mr . James Reiter responded to Council questions regarding the dewatering , pre - ,-. senting a drawing , and explained that the method is to drain in a waffle pat- tern, collecting water to central points , then pumping it out . Motion carried on roll call vote , Councilman Arnett being noted absent . Report of Council Committee on Safety Workers Disability Benefits , was presented by Councilman Weymouth , Chairman , who reported of Staff meeting in Sacramento with State Retirement System officials , as outlined in his written report to Council , He stated the options open to the City would be either acceptance of the State System, rejection , acceptance of a private insurance carrier , or self - insurance . Expenditure under the State program would amount to approxi - mately $ 72 , 000 and it was determined after investigation that a coverage under a private insurance carrier would probably cost more . than :. the State ' s program . Analysis of a self -insuring program would require actuarial study for which the City is not staffed . Council questioned if members of the Safety Worker ' s Committee was represented in the meetings , and it was determined they had met with theStaff only . Re - presentatives of the Police and Fire Departments did meet in the City kManageris office to discuss the Sacramento meeting , and that following the meeting with State officials , they were advised of the findings , basically as set forth in the Committee ' s report . Councilman Weymouth continued that , while the first year cost would be approximately $ 72 , 000 , the following year would be $ 80 , 000 under the State program . Council- man Weymouth advised Committee would like to investigate self - insurance plan , however , in the event of on-the - job injury , there is no previous experience on which to determine cost . Councilman Arnett returned to the meeting at 8 : 27 P .M . There was mention of reducing retirement age , but this question had not been considered by the Committee , since it was not relevant to their assignment . It was suggested that an additional 30 days be allowed for further study , but that decision should not be delayed too long . It was believed that self - in- surance should be investigated , and suggested that self -insurance might not necessarily be a permanent matter , but interim coverage , until the State program might be later modified . After further discussion by Council City Manager advised that no inquries have been made as to organizations who might conduct an actuarial study , but there are people available for this , and believed 60 to 90 days would be necessary to do a thorough study at an estimated minimum cost of $ 2 , 000 .