§ 36-10-10-30 — Board of managers; powers

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.