The City of Negaunee may acquire, by purchase, gift, condemnation, lease, construction or otherwise, either within or without its corporate limits and either within or without the corporate limits of the County in which it is located, the following improvements, including the necessary lands therefor, viz: City halls, police stations, fire stations, boulevards, streets, alleys, public parks, recreation grounds, Municipal camp grounds, public grounds, libraries, airports, cemeteries, bathing beaches, City prisons and workhouses, hospitals, quarantine grounds, electric light and power plants and systems, gas plants and systems, water works plants and systems, sewage disposal plants and systems, office buildings for City officers and employees, public works and public buildings for any use or purpose within the scope of its powers, whether herein specifically mentioned or not, and shall provide for the cost and expenses thereof.