The City Clerk shall be ex officio clerk of City Council. He shall attend all meeting of Council and shall enter in the journal the minutes of all Council meetings and, when required by law or upon demand of any member of Council, shall enter in the journal the yeas and nays upon any vote taken in Council; and he shall have the powers and perform the duties prescribed by law for municipal recorders except the power to vote in or preside over meetings of Council or to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Mayor when the Mayor is absent or disabled. (l975 Code Sec. 2-19)