196.1. Any person, appointed by the transition committee or reassigned as a member of the personnel of the city to an office comprising the performance of the duties necessary to the holding of a meeting of the city council or borough council, to the making of a decision by such a council or to the performance of an act that such a council may perform before the date of constitution of the city, is deemed, with regard to the necessary duties performed before the date of constitution of the city, to act in the performance of his or her duties.