[Ord. No. 93-1 §§1—7, 1-4-1993]
A.
All employees of the County on January 1, 1993, except for those exempted by Sections 7.300 of the Charter shall be deemed to have been hired under the Merit System and hereinafter all employees shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System pursuant to the terms of the Charter or Ordinance.
B.
All ordinances,
resolutions, orders and regulations in force at the time the Charter
takes effect and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter
shall remain and be in force until altered, modified, or repealed.
C.
All judicial
proceedings of any kind or character and all condemnation proceedings
for the taking or damaging of private property for public use, and
all proceedings to incur debt and issue bonds, begun or pending at
the time the Charter takes effect, and all contracts for the doing
of any kind of public works, not completed and performed at the time
the Charter takes effect, shall in no wise be affected; but the same
may be completed in every respect as nearly as may be in accordance
with the provisions of the Charter.
D.
All rights
of action, contracts, titles, fines, penalties, and forfeitures accrued
to and in favor of the County or against the County before the Charter
goes into effect shall remain in existence in full force and effect
as fully in every respect as if the Charter had not taken effect.
All recognizances and contracts lawfully entered into or executed
by or to the County and the lien thereof, and all writs, prosecutions,
actions and causes of action shall continue and remain unaffected.
E.
All departments,
boards, commissions, and agencies currently in existence shall continue
in existence until such time as their existence is terminated by action
of the County Council. The departments, officers, boards, commissions,
and other agencies provided for in the Charter shall be entitled to
the possession of all papers, books, documents, maps, plats, records
and archives now in the possession or under the control of those,
respectively, who are superseded under the Charter by such departments,
officers, boards or other agencies.
F.
If any
doubt shall exist as to what department, office, officer or agency
of the County shall exercise or perform power or duty conferred or
imposed by the Constitution, or by applicable law or by the Charter,
the Council by ordinance shall specify by whom such power or duty
shall be exercised or performed.
G.
All matters
pending before or under consideration by the County Commission at
the time the Charter takes effect, to the extent they are not inconsistent
with the provisions of the Charter may be acted upon and disposed
of as if they had originated and had been introduced under the Charter.
