It shall be the duty of Council to redistrict the City by ordinance, with or without the assistance of a districting commission, within a period of six months after the official publication by the United States of the population of the City as revealed in such official census. Each election district shall be made to contain as nearly as possible, consistent with general laws, the population factor obtained by dividing by the number of district Councilmen the City's population as shown by such official census. If, at the expiration of the six months period, Council shall have failed to redistrict the City as herein required, the members of Council shall receive no further compensation until such ordinance shall have been adopted; and the Director of Finance shall issue no checks for such compensation which would ordinarily have accrued during the period of noncompliance. Council may redistrict the City at any more frequent intervals as it may deem appropriate based upon any other such more timely information as may become available.