Indiana Code
Chapter 10. Civic Center Building Authority in South Bend or Mishawaka
36-10-10-30. Board of Managers; Powers

Sec. 30. The board of managers may supervise, manage, operate, and maintain the convention center and its programs. It may do the following:
(1) Receive and collect money due to or otherwise related to the convention center; employ an executive manager, an associate manager, and other agents and employees that are considered necessary for the fulfillment of its duties, and fix the compensation of all employees. However, a contract of employment or other arrangement must be terminable at the will of the board of managers, except that a contract may be entered into with an executive manager for a period not exceeding four (4) years and subject to extension or renewal for similar or shorter periods.
(2) Let concessions for the operation of restaurants, cafeterias, public telephones, news and cigar stands, vending machines, caterers, and all other services considered necessary or desirable for the operation of the convention center.
(3) Lease a part of the convention center from time to time to any association, corporation, or individual, with or without the right to sublet.
(4) Fix charges and establish rules governing the use and operation of the convention center.
(5) Accept gifts or contributions from individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, trusts, or foundations; accept funds, loans, or advances on the terms and conditions that the board of managers considers necessary or desirable from the federal government, the state, or any of their agencies or political subdivisions and, to the extent that surplus earnings may be made available for the purposes of this chapter, any available surplus earnings of the public utilities owned and operated by the city.
(6) Receive and collect all money due to the use or leasing of the convention center or any part of it and from concessions or other contracts and expend those monies for proper purposes.
(7) Provide coverage for its employees under IC 22-3 and IC 22-4.
(8) Purchase public liability and other insurance that it considers necessary.
(9) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter, including enforcement of them.
(10) Maintain and repair the convention center and employ a building superintendent and other employees that are necessary to properly maintain the convention center.
(11) Prepare and publish descriptive materials and literature relating to the convention center and specifying the advantages of the convention center; do all other acts and things that the board of managers considers necessary to promote and publicize the convention center and serve the commercial, industrial, and cultural interests of Indiana and all its citizens by the use of the convention center; and assist and cooperate with the state and other public, governmental, and private agencies and groups of citizens for those purposes.
(12) Supervise, manage, operate, and maintain any other public facility owned or leased by the city or by an agency of it when so directed by a resolution adopted by the city legislative body and approved by the city executive.
(13) Exercise other powers and perform other duties not in conflict with this chapter that are specified by ordinance of the city legislative body.
(14) Perform all other acts necessarily incidental to its duties and the powers listed in this section.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.521.