The powers which are conferred and duties which are imposed upon any commission, board, department or office under the General Statutes or special acts concerning the Town, or any ordinance or regulation in force at the time this Charter shall take effect, if such commission, board, department or office is abolished by the Charter, shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the commission, board, department, or office upon which are imposed corresponding or like functions, powers and duties under the provisions of this Charter. All commissions, boards, department or offices abolished by the Charter, whether elective or appointive, shall continue in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made for the discontinuance of such commissions, boards, department, or offices and the performance of their duties by other commissions, boards, departments, or offices and the performance of their duties by other commissions, boards, department, or office created under this Charter and until the Town Clerk shall have notified the members of such commission, boards, department, or offices as are abolished by this Charter that their successors have been qualified.
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There shall be a transition period for the office of Mayor. Said transition period will commence on the Monday following the election and extend to the second Friday following the election. The outgoing Mayor shall receive one additional week compensation after the completion of this transition period.
All persons holding permanent positions in the service of the Town on the effective date of this Charter shall retain such positions until promoted, transferred, or removed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. All other employees of the Town on the effective date of this Charter, shall retain such positions pending action by the Council or the appropriate officer charged by the Charter with powers of appointment and removal. Any provision of law in force at the time when this charter shall take effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, in relation to personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotions, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights or any other rights or privileges of employees of the Town or any office, department or Agency thereof, shall continue in effect.
All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any commission, board, department, or office or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other commission, board, department, or office by this Charter, shall be transferred and delivered intact to the commission, board, department, or office to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any commission, board, department, or office or part thereof are, by this Charter, assigned to another commission, board, department, or officer, all records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the commission, board, department, or office to which such powers and duties are assigned.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending on the effective date of this Charter, brought by or against the Town or any commission, board, department, or office thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any commission, board, department, or office, party thereto may by or under this Charter be assigned or transferred to another commission, board, department or office but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the commission, board, department, or office to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.
In case any portion of this Charter shall at any time be found unconstitutional, such finding shall not affect the remainder thereof, but as to such remainder, this shall remain in full force and effect until amended, repealed or superseded.
This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed in the General Statutes for local actions on Charters and Special Acts as the same may be from time to time amended.