Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-269-203. Commissioners--Authorities--Rights

(a) The commissioners appointed pursuant to this subchapter shall have full and complete authority to build, manage, operate, maintain, and keep in a good state of repair any municipal buildings deemed necessary to carry on a recreation park for the municipality including the building of swimming pools, field houses, stadiums, zoos, or other buildings necessary to carry on the recreational park.

(b) The commissioners shall have full and complete charge of the buildings and grounds, including the right to control and permit, or refuse to permit, such public gatherings or other meetings or affairs, as the commissioners shall see fit and deem to be in the best interests of the city.

(c) The commissioners shall have the right to employ or remove managers, janitors, and other employees of whatsoever nature, kind, or character and to fix, regulate, and pay their salaries since it is the intention of this subchapter to vest in the commissioners the authority to build, operate, manage, maintain, and control the municipal recreational park and to have full and complete charge thereof.

(d) The commissioners shall not have the authority or power to sell, mortgage, or encumber the property unless otherwise authorized by the statutes of Arkansas.

(e) The commissioners shall have the exclusive right and power to make purchases of all supplies, apparatus, and other property and things requisite and necessary for the management and operation of the recreational park, including the construction thereof and repairs and additions thereto.

(f) The commissioners shall have the authority to enter into contracts with persons, firms, corporations, or organizations for the use of recreational park buildings or parts thereof.