Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-7-15.3-8

(1) finance, improve, construct, reconstruct, renovate, purchase, lease, acquire, and equip local public improvements;

(2) lease those local public improvements to the commission;

(3) sue, be sued, plead, and be impleaded, but all actions against the authority must be brought in the circuit or superior court of the county in which the authority is located;

(4) condemn, appropriate, lease, rent, purchase, and hold any real or personal property needed or considered useful in connection with local public improvements;

(5) acquire real or personal property by gift, devise, or bequest and hold, use, or dispose of that property for the purposes authorized by this chapter;

(6) enter upon any lots or lands for the purpose of surveying or examining them to determine the location of a local public improvement;

(7) design, order, contract for, and contract, reconstruct, and renovate any local public improvements or improvements thereto;

(8) employ managers, superintendents, architects, engineers, attorneys, auditors, clerks, construction managers, and other employees necessary for construction of local public improvements or improvements to them;

(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;  and

(10) take any other action necessary to implement its purposes as set forth in section 7 of this chapter.