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.- Section 3.6 - city Employees: No city employee shall hold an elected city post. Section 3.7 - city council Honorarium: city council members shall be paid an honorarium commensu- rate with his present salary; the Mayor shall receive an hono- rarium in an amount equal to city council members, together with an addi ti ona 1 forty fercent (40%), and the mayor pro-tern shall recei ve an addi ti ona fi fteen percent (15%); method of payment shall be prescribed by ordinance. city council may, by ordi- nance, increase the honorari urn in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) per term, provided that the honorarium of any mem- ber may not be increased or decreased during his term of office, nor shall any increase be acted upon or effective within sixty (60) days prior to any general election; authorization for in- crease of the honorarium in excess of ten percent (10%) must be submitted to a vote of the people at the next regular election of the city. City council expenditures required for meetings and other expenses , n the course of counci 1 busi ness may be pai d from City funds, when appropriations for such expenses have been passed by reso 1 uti on in advance and such expendi tu res are cov- ered by appropriate vouchers submitted to the city Manager. Section 3.8 - vacancies: A councilman shall continue to hold his office until his successor is duly qualified. A city council seat shall become vacant whenever any councilman is recalled, dies, becomes inca- pacitated, resigns, or ceases to be a resident of the City, or of his or her district, or is convicted of a felony. within thirty (30) days after a vacancy occurs, the remaining council- men shall appoint, by majority vote, a duly qualified person to fill such vacancy. He shall serve the unexpired term so vacant until the next general municipal election. If no appointment is made in the time required, City council shall, at the next regu- 1 ar meeti ng , call a speci a 1 el ecti on to be held not 1 ater than 75 days from said regular meeting to fill such vacancy provided there wi 11 not be a general muni ci pal el ecti on wi thi n ni nety (90) days. Section 3.9 - Oath of office: Before entering upon the duties of his office, every coun- cilman shall take, subscribe before, and file with the City clerk, an oath or affirmation that he will support the constitu- ti on of the uni ted States, the consti tuti on of the State of colorado, this charter, and the ordinances of the City, and will faithfully perform the duties of the office. Section 3.10 - Powers expressly withheld from council: The council shall deal with the administrative service sol el y and di rectl y through the ci ty Manager, and nei ther the council, its members, nor committees shall either dictate the appointment or direct or interfere with the work of any officer or employee under the City Manager.