All references in any prior ordinance to the
Township Committee, Board of Health or any board, body, department
or office shall be taken and construed to mean such board, body, officer
or office to which the respective functions, powers and duties are
allocated and assigned by the Charter or this chapter.
Until otherwise provided by ordinance, rates
of compensation established for persons holding office or employment
on the effective date of this chapter shall be continued with respect
to the office or employment to which they, respectively, may be transferred.
On the effective date of this chapter, all administrative
functions, powers and duties and the personnel engaged therein and
all records and property of the Township relating thereto, except
as otherwise provided by this chapter, are transferred to the respective
departments, offices and agencies to which they are allocated and
assigned by this chapter. All officers and employees who were in the
classified service of the civil service on January 1, 1971, are transferred
to the appropriate department and division to which their respective
functions, powers and duties are allocated and assigned by this chapter,
and they shall not be by such transfer adversely affected in seniority,
demotion or salary rights, as provided by Revised Statutes, Title
11 (N.J.S.A. 11:28-2).
Pension fund membership and rights of any officer
or employee shall not, without his consent, be adversely affected
by any transfer pursuant to this chapter. The Manager shall provide
by appropriate regulation for necessary records, contribution controls
and otherwise for the further protection of the pension fund membership
and rights of officers and employees in accordance with this section
as need appears.
Any function, office or employment not reconstituted
or continued by this chapter shall be deemed abolished.
