Upon the effective date of this Charter, all permanent employees of the City of Lexington and the County of Fayette, and all permanent employees of any department, board, authority, commission or agency thereof shall become employees of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and shall be assigned duties as similar in nature as may be practicable within said government.
All permanent employees of the City of Lexington and the County of Fayette or any department, office, or agency thereof shall be entitled to be included in the classified civil service of the Urban County Government in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of Article Nine.