All ordinances, administrative rules and resolutions in force at the time this Charter takes effect, to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, shall remain in force until amended or repealed. All rights, claims, obligations, proceedings and liabilities either in favor of or against the county, and any criminal proceedings existing on the effective date of this Charter, shall not be affected by the adoption of this Charter. The power of the county to control, improve, establish, extend or vacate roads and other public ways over tide or shorelines within the county or into any streams or bodies of fresh water and all other powers of the county shall continue and shall not be affected by the adoption of this Charter.