The council shall be advisory to the board and shall be authorized to:
A. Conduct a survey of local historic properties.
B. Recommend the acquisition, by the county, of fee simple and lesser interests in historic properties, including adjacent or associated lands, by purchase, bequest, or donation.
C. Recommend methods and procedures necessary to preserve, restore, maintain and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the county.
D. Recommend that the lease, sale, or other transfer or disposition of historic properties be made subject to rights of public access and other covenants and in a manner that will preserve the property.
E. Draft and submit to the board for approval, contracts with the state or federal government, or any agency of either, or with any other organization.
F. Cooperate with the federal, state, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation.
G. Make recommendations and otherwise participate in the planning processes undertaken by cities, the county, the state, or the federal government and related agencies.
H. Recommend ordinances to the county and otherwise provide information for the purposes of historic preservation in the county.
I. Promote and conduct educational and interpretive programs on historic preservation and historic properties in the county.
J. Enter private property, buildings, or structures in the performance of its official duties, but only with the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof.
K. Review nominations of properties, within the county's jurisdiction, to the National Register of Historic Places and provide comments to the state historic preservation office.
L. Nominate properties within the county's jurisdiction to the National Register of Historic Places. (Ord. 566, 11-2-2004; amd. Ord. 694, 5-14-2008)