6.__Counties.__Contracting with Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County to reimburse organizational costs;

7.__Real and personal property.__Purchasing, selling, leasing, acquiring, conveying, mortgaging, improving and using real and personal property in connection with the purposes of the jail authority;

8.__Staff;__employment.__Employing and establishing salaries and qualifications for such professional, clerical and administrative staff personnel as may be necessary or convenient to the operation of the jail authority; and

9.__Use of bidding processes.__Making contracts, issuing bonds, notes or other debt instruments under subchapter 4 and dealing generally with 3rd parties, including the power to use a negotiated or competitive bidding process or any other process that may be advantageous to the jail authority.__The determination of the process to be used is made by and at the discretion of the directors.

§1902.__Real and personal property; right of eminent domain

The jail authority formed under this chapter may acquire and hold real and personal property that the jail authority considers necessary for its purposes and is granted the right of eminent domain.__The jail authority may take and hold, either by exercising its right of eminent domain or by purchase, lease or otherwise, for public uses any land, real estate, easements or interest in land, real estate or easements necessary for construction and operating the multicounty jail.

§1903.__Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain

The right of eminent domain granted in section 1902 may only be exercised after complying with the following procedures.

1. Notice to owner.__The jail authority shall provide notice to the owner of property subject to seizure as follows.

A.__The owner or owners of record shall be:

(1)__Notified that the directors are exercising the right of eminent domain;