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9 CHARTER Art. III, Sec. 8 SECTION 6. CLERK OF COUNCIL. The Council shall appoint the Clerk of Council at the expiration of the term of office of the .incumbent Clerk-Treasurer. The Clerk shall give notice of the Council. meetings, keep the journal of its proceedings, authenticate by his signature. and record in full, in a book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and resolutions of Council and perform such other duties as shall be required by this Charter or by ordinance or resolution of the Council. SECTION 7. SALARIES, BONDS AND COMPENSATION. (a) The Council shall have the power to fix all compensation paid by the Municipality and the salary of its own members except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Any person may be required by the Council, from time=to-time, to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of that person's duties and the Council shall provide that the premium for such bond be paid by the Municipality. The Council shall not increase the compensation for itself or the Mayor from and after the effective date of this section unless such increase in compensation has been enacted by ordinance and submitted to the electorate for approval by a majority vote thereof. Such compensation, when so fixed, shall become effective on the first day of January of the following year and shall remain in effect unless and until increase in accordance with this section.. Council may decrease compensation for itself and the Mayor at its sole discretion. Each member of Council shall be compensated equally, both newly elected members and those serving the balance of a term. ~(b). The Council shall, in accordance with this section, fix the salaries of all elective and appointive officials. The Council, or the Mayor with the concurrence of the Finance Director, may authorize the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred by any official, employee or member of any board or commission of the Municipality for travel or otherwise in the interest of the Municipality, except that any such expense incurred by the Mayor must be approved by the Council. (Amended 11-4-86.)~ SECTION 8. COUNCIL MEETINGS. (A) The Council shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month. A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum. for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Council, but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, any ordinance or resolution may be passed or adopted, or any other action may be taken, by the affirmative vote of a majority of members of the Council unless a larger number be required by the provisions of this Charter. 1990 Replacement