(a) Management. The management, operation, and control of the water system for the village is vested in the Board of said village: all records, minutes, all written proceedings, and financial records thereof shall be kept by the Administrator of the village.
(b) Operation and control.
(1) The Water Utility Department of the village shall have the power to construct water lines for public use, and shall have the power to lay water pipes in and through the alleys, streets, and public grounds of the village; and generally, to all such work as may be found necessary or convenient in the management of the water system.
(2) The Village Board shall have power by themselves, their officers, agents, and servants to enter upon any land for the purpose of making examination or supervise in the performance of their duties under this article, without liability therefor; and the Village Board shall have the power to purchase and acquire for the village all real and personal property which may be necessary for construction of the water system, or for any repair, remodeling, or additions thereof.
(c) Condemnation of real estate. Whenever any real estate or any easement therein, or use thereof, shall in the judgment of the Village Board be necessary to the water system; and whenever, for any cause, an agreement for the purchase thereof, cannot be made with the owner thereof, the Village Board shall proceed with all necessary steps to take such real estate easement, or use by condemnation in accordance with the state statutes, and the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Police Act of 1970, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 4651 et seq., if federal funds are used.
(d) Title to real estate and personalty. All property, real, personal, and mixed, acquired for the construction of the water system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books, and records connected therewith said water system, and all building, machinery, and fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property of the said village.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-21)