All ordinances of the Township in effect on July 1, 1975, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the Charter or the Bridgewater Township Code shall remain in full force and effect until modified or repealed pursuant to law.
Until otherwise provided by ordinance, rates of compensation established for persons holding office or employment on the effective date of the Bridgewater Township Code shall be continued with respect to the office or employment to which they, respectively, may be transferred. All such salaries and wages shall be subject to adjustment upon a resurvey of salaries and jobs following reorganization of the Township government pursuant to the Code.
All officers and employees on the effective date of this chapter are transferred to the respective departments to which their functions are assigned by the Bridgewater Township Code, subject to the transitional provisions of the Charter.
The various appropriations in the budget of the Township of Bridgewater for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1975 are hereby transferred to the department, office or agency of the Township government to which are transferred the functions, powers and duties for which such appropriations were made, and such appropriations shall continue to be available for the objects and purposes for which they respectively were made in said budget as adopted. As soon as practicable on or after July 1, 1975, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council an appropriate resolution in the form required by the Local Government Board of this state pursuant to Chapter 159 of the Laws of 1948 (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-85) to make such correction of title, text or amount of any item of 1975 appropriation appearing in the Township budget for 1975 as adopted as may be necessary to make any or all of such items of appropriation conform to the organization of the Township government and the allocation of functions, powers and duties prescribed by or pursuant to the Bridgewater Township Code, provided that the available overall total of budgeted expenditures shall not be increased thereby nor shall any item of appropriation required for debt service, contingent expenses, deferred charges, statutory expenditures, judgments or reserves be reduced or limited thereby.