The board of directors shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To manage and conduct the business and affairs of such authority;

2. To make and execute all necessary contracts;

3. To acquire by lease, purchase, gift or otherwise and to operate and maintain all necessary and convenient county correction and detention facilities, including but not limited to facilities for incarceration of criminals, juvenile detention and correction facilities, mental health and alcohol and substance abuse correction and detention facilities, kitchen facilities, medical facilities and other equipment and supplies for the full equipment of such facilities;

4. To contract for employees, sufficient to maintain and operate the criminal justice facilities of the authority;

5. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and to dispose of, real or personal property of every kind necessary or convenient for the operation of the authority;

6. To construct or otherwise acquire buildings and structures suitable for the housing of equipment and supplies of the authority or necessary or convenient for carrying on its business and affairs;

7. To employ such officers and employees as may be required, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;

8. To contract with federal, state and local governments and agencies for the use of the facilities of the authority;

9. To establish rules for the authority; and

10. To do any and all other things necessary and proper in the management and operation of the authority for the purpose of promoting the establishment and maintenance of an effective corrections and detention system which will enhance the preservation of the welfare and safety of the residents of the county.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.