(a) All persons who are appointees, employees, or nonelected officials of the City at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. When such provisions shall have been made, the term of any such appointee, employee or nonelected official shall expire.
(b) The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any appointee, employee or nonelected official, commission, board, department, or division of the City under the laws of the State of Ohio, shall, if such office, department or division be abolished by this Charter, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board, department, or division upon whom are imposed corresponding functions, powers and duties hereunder.