(A) Payment of dues for town memberships.
(1) The Town Council is authorized to budget and appropriate funds to provide membership for the Town of Fortville, its elected and appointed officials and its boards, departments or agencies in local, regional, state or national associations of a civic, educational or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of municipal operations.
(2) The Town Council is authorized to budget and appropriate funds to pay the expenses of duly authorized representatives to attend the meetings and functions of organizations to which the town belongs.
(`87 Code, § 2-69)
(B) Interlocal cooperation. The town is authorized pursuant to I.C. 36-1-7-1 through 36-1-7-12, as it may be amended from time to time, to enter into joint agreements for the purchase or exchange of property and services with other governmental bodies. (`87 Code, § 2-70)