All ordinances of the Borough in effect on July 1, 1976, to
the extent that they are not inconsistent with the Charter or the
code, shall remain in full force and effect until modified or repealed
pursuant to law.
All references in any other ordinance to the Borough Commission,
a committee of the Borough Commission, a director under the commission
form of government law, or any board, body, department or office shall
be taken and construed to mean such body, officer or office to which
the respective functions, powers and duties are allocated and assigned
by this code.
Until otherwise provided by ordinance, rates of compensation
established for persons holding office or employment on the effective
date of the code shall be continued with respect to the office or
employment to which they respectively may be transferred. All such
salaries and wages shall be subject to adjustment upon a resurvey
of salaries and jobs following reorganization of the Borough government
pursuant to the code.
The Mayor may suspend until December 31, 1976, the application
of any administrative procedures required by the code whenever he
shall find and determine that personnel, equipment, forms or space
are insufficient pending reassignment or appointment of personnel,
acquisition of necessary items, or relocation of Borough departments.
The various appropriations in the budget of the Borough of Spotswood
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1976, are hereby transferred
to the department, office or agency of the Borough government to which
are transferred the functions, powers and duties for which such appropriations
were made, and such appropriations shall continue to be available
for the objects and purposes for which they respectively were made
in such budget as adopted. As soon as practicable, on or after July
1, 1976, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council an appropriate resolution
in the form required by the local government board of this State pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-85 to make such correction to the title, text or
amount of any item of appropriation appearing in the Borough budget
for 1976, as adopted, as may be necessary to make any or all such
items of appropriation conform with the organization of the Borough
government and the allocation of functions, powers and duties prescribed
by or pursuant to the code, provided that the available overall total
of budgeted expenditures shall not be increased thereby nor shall
any item of appropriation required for debt service, contingent expenses,
deferred charges, statutory expenditures, judgments or reserves be
reduced or limited thereby.
