§ 77-85. Powers of Commission; administrative provision.
§ 77‑85. Powers ofCommission; administrative provision.
(a) Within the limitsof funds available to it, and subject to the provisions of this Article and ofthe Town of Lake Lure municipal ordinance, the Commission may:
(1) Hire and fix thecompensation of permanent and temporary employees and staff as it may considernecessary in carrying out its duties;
(2) Contract withconsultants for such services as it may require;
(3) Contract with theState of North Carolina or the federal government, or any agency or departmentor subdivision of them, for property or services as may be provided to or bythese agencies, and carry out the provisions of such contracts;
(4) Contract withpersons, firms, and corporations generally as to all matters over which it hasa proper concern, and carry out the provisions of such contracts;
(5) Lease, rent,purchase, or otherwise obtain suitable quarters and office space for itsemployees and staff, and lease, rent, purchase, or otherwise obtain furniture,fixtures, vehicles, uniforms, and other supplies and equipment necessary ordesirable for carrying out the duties imposed in or under the authority of thisArticle; and
(6) Lease, rent,purchase, construct, otherwise obtain, maintain, operate, repair, and replace,either on its own or in cooperation with other public or private agencies orindividuals, any of the following: boat docks, navigation aids, waterwaymarkers, public information signs and notices, and other items of real andpersonal property designed to enhance public recreation, public safety on thewaters of Lake Lure and its shoreline area, or protection of property in theshoreline area, subject, however, to the provisions of Chapter 113 of theGeneral Statutes and rules promulgated under that Chapter as to property withinNorth Carolina.
(b) The Commission mayaccept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of its functions any funds,grants, services, or property made available by the federal government or itsagencies or subdivisions, or by private and civic sources.
(c) The Board ofCommissioners of the Town of Lake Lure may appropriate funds to the Commissionout of surplus funds or funds derived from nontax sources. It may appropriatefunds out of tax revenues and may also levy annually taxes for the payment ofsuch appropriation as a special purpose, in addition to any allowed by theNorth Carolina Constitution or as provided by G.S. 160A‑209.
(d) The Commissionshall be subject to such audit requirements as may be specified in themunicipal ordinance.
(e) In carrying out itsduties, and either in addition to or in lieu of exercising various provisionsof the above authorizations, the Commission may, with the agreement of theBoard of Commissioners of the Town of Lake Lure, utilize personnel and propertyof or assign responsibilities to any officer or employee of the Town of LakeLure. Such contribution in kind, if substantial, may with agreement between theBoard and the Commission be considered to substitute in whole or in part forthe financial contribution required of the Town in support of the Commission. (2003‑332, s. 1.)