Needles Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation And Succession

The municipal corporation now existing and known as the City of Needles shall remain and continue as a municipal corporation under the name of the City of Needles.

The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time this Charter takes effect, or as such boundaries may be changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law.

The City of Needles shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall continue to be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

All contracts entered into by the city or for its benefit prior to the effective date of this Charter and then in effect, shall continue in full force and effect according to their terms. Public improvements for which proceedings have been instituted under laws existing at the time this Charter takes effect, in the discretion of the council, may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws or may be continued or perfected under this Charter.

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the city or any officer, office, department or agency 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 officer, office, department or agency a party thereto, may be assigned or transferred by or under this Charter to another officer, office, department or agency, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.

The present officers and employees shall continue without interruption to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments upon the same conditions and for the compensation provided by the existing ordinances, resolutions, rules or laws, until the election or appointment, and qualification of their successors under this Charter and subject to such removal and control as is provided in this Charter. The terms of office of elective officers whose offices are made appointive under this Charter shall expire upon the appointment of their successors, respectively.