No person shall be eligible to be a member of Council unless he shall have been continuously a resident of the Municipality for two years immediately prior to the date of his election or appointment, a qualified elector, and each such member shall be least 21 years of age at the time of taking office, and no person shall serve as a member of Council unless he shall continue to be a resident of the Municipality throughout his term of office. Except as otherwise provided herein, no member of Council shall hold any other elective public office or office or employment with the Municipality. No member of Council shall be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work or service for which monies of the Municipality are expended.
Council shall be the sole and final judge of the election and qualification of its members. Any member of Council who shall cease to possess or who violates any of the qualifications herein enumerated shall forfeit his office. Failure of any member of Council to maintain said qualifications shall not render void or ineffective any action of Council in which such member has participated.