The commissioners appointed in accordance with R.C. § 1545.05 or pursuant to R.C. § 1545.041 shall constitute the board of park commissioners of the park district. Such board shall be a body politic and corporate, and may sue and be sued as provided in R.C. §§ 1545.01 to 1545.28. Such board may employ a secretary and such other employees as are necessary in the performance of the powers conferred in such sections. The board may appoint a treasurer to act as custodian of the board’s funds and as fiscal officer for the park district. For the purposes of acquiring, planning, developing, protecting, maintaining, or improving lands and facilities thereon under R.C. § 1545.11, and for other types of assistance which it finds necessary in carrying out its duties under R.C. Chapter 1545, the board may hire and contract for professional, technical, consulting, and other special services, including, in accordance with R.C. § 309.09(D), the legal services of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the park district is located, and may purchase goods. In procuring any goods with a cost in excess of fifty thousand dollars, the board shall contract as a contracting authority under R.C. §§ 307.86 to 307.91, to the same extent and with the same limitations as a board of county commissioners. In procuring services, the board shall contract in the manner and under procedures established by the bylaws of the board as required in R.C. § 1545.09.