All members of the Council shall have been residents of the City for at least one continuous year immediately prior to the time of their election, shall be qualified electors of the City, and shall continue to be qualified electors thereof throughout their respective terms of office. In addition to the qualifications provided hereinabove, members of Council elected from wards shall have been residents of the ward from which they seek election for at least one continuous year immediately prior to the time of their election and shall continue to be qualified electors thereof throughout their respective terms of office. Members of Council shall hold no other elective or appointive office, position or employment with the City, nor shall they hold any other elective public office, except that of member of the county central committee of the political party of which they are members or that of a delegate to a state or national political party convention of the political party of which they are members.
Any member of Council who shall cease to possess or who violates any of the qualifications of office herein provided; who is finally convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude; or who fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the Council, unless such absence is excused by a majority vote of the members present at such meetings or a subsequent meeting of the Council, shall be subject to the forfeiture of his office in the manner provided by Sec. 21.08 of this Charter, A member of Council shall not vote upon the question of whether his absence from a regular meeting shall be excused.
As used in this Charter, the phrase "members of Council" and the words "Council" and"member", when the word "member" is used in reference to the Council, shall include all persons whether elected to office as a member of Council or appointed thereto to fill a vacancy in the Council membership.