The councilmembers may determine the salary of the Mayor and of the councilmembers. Provided however that no ordinance increasing such salaries shall become effective until the date of commencement of the next elected term of each such councilmember or Mayor, provided that such election follows the adoption of such ordinance by at least six months. No compensation shall be allowed for special meetings, nor for any committee meetings of the Council; provided, however, that councilmembers shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Mayor shall not receive additional salary as a councilmember.
It is the intent of this section that no councilmember shall receive an increase in salary until he or she has been reelected to the position of councilmember.