Rights and Privileges Preserved. Except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, nothing in this Charter shall affect or impair the
rights or privileges of persons who are appointed City officers or
employees at the time of its effective date. Upon the effective date
of this Charter, all appointed officers and employees of the City
shall remain in office until removed as provided for or as authorized
in this Charter.
Personnel System. Any person who is a merit employee of the City
at the tome this Charter becomes effective shall remain in the same
legal status as existed prior to the effective date of the Charter,
and shall remain subject to the City personnel system.
Saving of Consolidation. The City of Las Vegas has heretofore adopted
a Consolidation and Charter, dated March, 1970, and amended from time
to time. The Consolidation portion of that document, designated as
"First Part" and providing for the consolidation of the Town of Las
Vegas and the City of Las Vegas is reaffirmed and adopted by this
Charter except to the extent of any inconsistency, in which case the
provisions of this Charter shall prevail.
Repeal of Existing Charter. The City Charter portion of the aforesaid
document, designated as "Second Part" and providing for municipal
Charter for the City, is hereby repealed except to the extent, if
any, that said Charter ratifies, affirms, authorizes or otherwise
establishes the consolidation of the Town of Las Vegas and the City
of Las Vegas. Any such ratification, affirmation, authorization or
establishment is expressly saved and incorporated herein for all purposes
and is newly ratified by enactment of this Charter.