Nothing in this Charter shall affect or impair
any right or privilege possessed by or vested in any person who shall
be an employee of the Municipality on the effective date of this Charter,
and the adoption of this Charter shall in no way diminish or remove
any of such rights and privileges.
All ordinances, resolutions and regulations
of the Borough of Franklin in effect on the effective date of this Charter, and not
in conflict with any provision of this Charter, shall continue in
force until amended or repealed by Council.
The Municipality shall continue to own, possess,
exercise and control, as the case may be, all rights, property and
franchises of every kind of nature which it does on the effective
date of this Charter under the same conditions that apply at such
time and shall continue to be subject to all debts, obligations and
liabilities to which it is subjected on the effective date of this
Charter, under the same conditions that apply at such time.
All departments, boards, commissions and offices
of the Municipality in existence on the effective date of this Charter
shall continue until Council provides otherwise unless contrary to
this Charter.
Members of authorities, boards and commissions
in office on the effective date of this Charter shall remain in office
for as long as their respective terms of appointment shall continue,
unless and until an authority, board or commission shall be abolished,
combined with another agency, or reconstituted, in which case, the
members thereof shall vacate their respective offices upon notice
from Council to do so.
On the effective date of this Charter, Council
shall appoint a temporary Municipal Secretary until the Chief Administrator
is appointed.