Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-87-111

(1) Advance, donate or lend money or real or personal property to the authority;

(2) Provide that any funds on hand or that become available to it for port purposes shall be paid directly to the authority;

(3) Cause water, sewer, gas, electric or other utility services to be provided to the authority;

(4) Sell, lease, dedicate, donate or otherwise convey to the authority any of the municipality's interest in any existing port or other related property, or grant easements, licenses or other rights or privileges in the port or other related property to the authority;

(5) Open and improve streets, roads and alleys to the port;

(6) Provide police and fire protection services to the port; and

(7) Enter into agreements with the authority with regard to the transfer of its port employees to the authority with the retention of such employees of any civil service status and accrued rights in pension, disability, hospitalization and death benefits.