(a) Each Ballot Commissioner shall be allowed and paid a sum, to be fixed by the Common Council, not exceeding $25 for each day he or she shall serve as such, but in no case shall a Ballot Commissioner receive allowance for more than ten days’ service for any one election. Each Commissioner of Election and Poll Clerk shall be allowed and paid a sum, to be fixed by the Common Council, not exceeding $25 for one day’s services for attending the school of instruction for election officials and a sum not exceeding $50 for his or her services at any one election.
(b) The compensation of election officers, cost of printing ballots, and all other expenses incurred in holding and making the return of elections shall be audited by the Common Council and paid out of the city treasury.