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coverage. The short-term disability Insurance just approved would not apply in this case, The recommen~ation ls that whatever the package ts for the short-term disability, that the benefit be determined and given to Mr. Oulmont by the City, In effect, retroactively. Ms. McAloney gave the background Information regarding the method of caculattng benefits by Workers' Compensation for volunteer flrefighters, noting Mr. Gulmont receives $274.67 per week. Mr. Guimont Is requesting $2,360 per month In addition to Workers' Compensation. Since short-term disability Insurance has just been approved by the Council, a proposal would be to pay Mr. Guimont an additional $800 per month since November 4, which Is 13 days after the injury was Incurred, until the end of the year. That amount Is equivalent to the proposed short-term dlsabl]lty Insurance program. At that time Mr. Gulmont will also have to submit a copy of his 1989 Federal Income Tax form and Schedule C. O~y Gul~ont - explained he was never told about the coverage in case of InJury; he assumed he was covered and his wages would be met. He stated he cannot support a family of five on $274 a week. He is self-employed and has lost a lot of money as a result of this InJury. He said he would provide the necessary information after the end of the year, though he has already supplied year-to-date materla]s. Mr. Gulmont stated the very ]lmlted coverage was a surprise to everyone on the Department. He may have given consideration to not volunteering or made other arrangements if he had known the minimal coverage they had. He said he is just asking for his wages to be met. Ms. McA]oney stated the City was not obligated to provide any more coverage than it did, and many other cities have only Workers' Compensation. Bruce Hoe~e, Firefi~hter - stated the first Flrefighters weren't told anything about coverage. He explained the current procedure for accepting new flrefighters, but they receive nothing in writing about their coverage for Injuries. Mr. Ho~ter - stated the Firefighters were under the assumption that their compensation under Workers' Comp would cover their wages; and he thought they were covered because they couldn't start their training until the City told them they were insured. That Is why they are surprised that they really weren't covered. A lengthy discussion ensued with several Fireftghters and Staff' regarding the information told to the Firefighters when they volunteered: on how benefits are determined under Workers' Compensation based on a Firefighter's imputed wage, not the actual outside wage of the injured person; on the City's coverage of genera] liability insurance and Workers~ Compensation insurance, plus the short-term disability insurance approved this evening which will be effective sometime early next year; and on Mr. Guimont's request for compensation. CITY COUNCIL/DECEMBER il, ~990 Page lO of 17