Sec. 1. The council—term and compensation.
(a) The Council of the City of Charlottesville shall be composed
of twelve members, three from each of the four Wards of the
city, who shall be residents of their respective Wards and qualified
voters therein, and shall be elected by the qualified voters
of such Wards, and their term of office shall be for four years;
except that all elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired
term. (Code, Sec. 1015a.)
(b) Each member recorded in the minutes as present at the
roll call shall receive $2.50 for each session; payment to be made
by a warrant drawn quarterly on the treasurer of the city by
the auditor, upon a certificate by the clerk of the Council.[1]
The
clerk shall note all cases in which a member absents himself
before adjournment and no payment for attendance shall be
made in such cases unless the member has been duly excused
as provided in § 29, clause 5. And provided, further, that in
no case shall a member be allowed pay for more than two meetings
in any one month.
