Town of McCandless, PA ARTICLE XVI TRANSITION

SECTION 1601 ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER.

(a) Election to Adopt Charter. This Charter shall be submitted to the electors of McCandless Township for approval or disapproval at the general election to be held in November of 1974.

(b) Effective Date. This Charter, if adopted, shall take effect on January 1, 1975, for all purposes, except as is otherwise specifically provided in this Charter.

SECTION 1602 STATUS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

(a) Township Commissioners. All members of the Board of Commissioners of McCandless Township whose terms of office have not expired prior to the effective date of this Charter shall continue in office as members of Council and shall represent their respective Councilmanic Districts until the expiration of their respective terms. Vacancies occurring on Council after the effective date of this Charter shall be filed as provided in Section 306.

(b) Township Treasurer and Tax Collector. The elected Township Treasurer and Tax Collector of McCandless Township in office on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in office as such until the expiration of the term of election of that official. Thereafter his powers and duties shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. Any vacancy occurring in that office after the effective date of this Charter shall not be filled.

SECTION 1603 STATUS OF APPOINTED PERSONNEL.

The Township Manager, Township Solicitor, Police Chief and all other appointed employees and agents of McCandless Township serving as such on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in the same capacities unless or until replaced or otherwise removed under the applicable provisions of this Charter. Members of the Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, Sanitary Authority and all other commissions, boards and authorities of McCandless Township serving as such on the effective date of this Charter shall remain in the same capacities until the expiration of their respective terms of appointment, if any, or until replaced or otherwise removed under the applicable provisions of this Charter or of law.

SECTION 1604 STATUS OF PRIOR ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, TAXES AND OTHER ACTIONS.

The 1975 budget and all ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, taxes, assessments, fines or penalties and other official actions of McCandless Township in effect on the effective date of this Charter and not inconsistent with this Charter, shall remain in effect until they expire by their terms or are amended or repealed under the applicable provisions of this Charter.

SECTION 1605 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

Nothing in this Charter shall impair any right vested in any employee of McCandless Township on the effective date of this Charter.

SECTION 1606 STATUS OF OTHER TOWNSHIP OBLIGATIONS.

Nothing in this Charter shall impair any contract, liability or other obligation of McCandless Township existing on the effective date of this Charter, whether absolute or conditional, and whether accrued or inchoate.

SECTION 1607 STATUS OF TOWNSHIP PROPERTY, RIGHTS AND LITIGATION.

The Town of McCandless shall be the successor in interest to McCandless Township in all respects and shall continue to own, possess, exercise, control and enjoy, as the case may be, all of the property, rights and privileges of McCandless Township as of the effective date of this Charter. All rights of action, suits and prosecutions pending or to be instituted to enforce any right or penalty accruing, or to punish any offense committed, prior to the effective date of this Charter, shall continue with the same force and effect thereafter.

SECTION 1608 FIRST ORGANIZATION MEETING OF COUNCIL.

The first Organization Meeting of Council under this Charter shall be held at the municipal building on the first Monday of January in 1975, commencing at 8:00 p.m.