a. The Board may:
1. Enter into contracts and leases for facilities and services;
2. Contract with persons for joint use of facilities for the operation of parks and recreation programs and related services;
3. Contract with another Board, or a school corporation, Town Council, Township, or County, for the use of park and recreation facilities or services, and a township or school corporation may contract with the Board for the use of parks and recreation facilities and services;
4. Acquire and dispose of real and personal property, either within or outside the State of Indiana;
5. Exercise the power of eminent domain under statutes available to Towns;
6. Sell, lease, or enter into a royalty contract for the natural or mineral resources of land that it owns, the money received to be deposited in a non-reverting capital fund of the Board;
7. Engage in self-supporting activities as prescribed by the provisions of this Division;
8. Contract for special and temporary services and for professional assistance;
9. Delegate authority to perform ministerial acts in all cases except where final action of the Board is necessary;
10. Prepare, publish, and distribute reports and other materials relating to activities authorized by this Division;
11. Sue and be sued collectively by its legal name, as the "Town of Schererville Parks and Recreation Board", with service of process being had upon the President of the Board, but costs may not be taxed against the Board or its members in any action;
12. Invoke any legal, equitable, or special remedy for the enforcement of this Division, or the Board's own action taken hereunder; and
13. Release and transfer, by resolution, a part of the area over which it has jurisdiction for parks and recreational purposes to park authorities of the County or Township, or another Town, for parks and recreational purposes upon petition of the park or recreation Board of the acquiring County, Township or Town.
b. The Board may also lease any buildings or grounds belonging to the Town and located within a park to a person for a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) years. The lease may authorize the lessee to provide upon the premises educational, research, veterinary, or other proper facilities for the exhibition of wild or domestic animals in wildlife parks, dining facilities, swimming facilities, golf courses, skating facilities, dancing facilities, or amusement rides generally found in amusement parks, or other recreational facilities. A lease may be made for more than one (1) year only to the highest and best bidder, after notice that the lease will be made has been given by publication in accordance with Indiana Code, § 5-3-1, et seq., as amended from time to time.
(Ord. No. 1048, § 10, 11-10-87; Schererville Town Code, § 2-7-10)