(1) The Clerk, Coroner, and Sheriff who hold office on the effective date of this Charter may choose to be continued in County employment in the equivalent department head position until the date when the term of office to which that official was elected would have expired, and be compensated for such time period at the rate of compensation specified by ordinance for the office to be held on the effective date of this Charter. Thereafter, that person shall be entitled to be appointed at the same initial rate of compensation to an administrative position designated by the Executive, subject to all the rules of the personnel system including rules concerning compulsory retirement, but excluding the rules concerning initial appointment.

(2) The Auditor who holds office on the effective date of this Charter may choose to serve as official of the equivalent executive department, and shall receive compensation at a rate no less than the compensation received on the effective date of this Charter, until a successor is elected at the general election of 1982, has qualified, and commenced to serve.

(3) The Assessor and Treasurer who hold office on the effective date of this Charter may choose to be continued in County employment in an administrative position designated by the Executive at an initial rate of compensation no less than that received on the effective date of this Charter until the date when the term of office to which such person was originally elected would have expired but for the adoption of this Charter.

(4) The Commissioners holding office at the effective date of this Charter shall receive compensation at the rate paid to the Commissioner from the pre-Charter Commissioner District 3 at the time of the adoption of this Charter, until their respective terms of office have expired.

(5) The Sheriff who holds office on the effective date of the 2006 Charter Amendment converting the office from appointed to elected may choose to serve as Sheriff, and shall receive compensation at a rate no less than the compensation received on the effective date of the Charter Amendment, until a successor is elected, has qualified and commenced to serve. The first elected Sheriff shall receive compensation at the rate no less than that paid the last appointed Sheriff on the effective date of the Charter Amendment. (Amendment No. 19, Approved November 7, 2006; Originally Adopted November 4, 1980)