All City employees, with the following limited exceptions, shall
be subject to the Performance Based Personnel System. An employee
holding a City position at the time this Charter takes full effect,
who was serving in that same or a comparable position at the time
of its adoption, shall not be subject to competitive tests as a condition
of continuance in the same position. Only those officials with specific
removal procedures under this Charter shall be exempt from the Performance
Based Personnel System.
All ordinances, regulations, and resolutions in force at the
time this Charter takes effect, which are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Charter, shall remain and be in force until altered,
modified or repealed by or under authority of this Charter or ordinance.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time
this Charter shall take effect, whether brought by or against the
City or any office, department, agency or officer thereof, shall be
affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything
herein contained.
All contracts entered into by the City, or for its benefit,
prior to the effective date of this Charter, shall continue in full
force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps
have been taken under laws existing at the time this Charter takes
effect may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance
with the provisions of such existing laws. All taxes and assessments
levied or assessed, all fines and penalties imposed, and all other
obligations owing to the City which are uncollected at the time this
Charter becomes effective, shall continue in full force and effect
and shall be collected as if no change had been made.
