10.__Certain bond issues; notice; special meeting; vote.__In the event that the directors vote to authorize bonds or notes for any of the corporate purposes of the jail authority, excluding notes payable within one year or notes in anticipation of the revenues to be collected or received in any year or notes in anticipation of bonds that have already been authorized in accordance with this chapter or notes in anticipation of the receipt of approved federal or state grants, the authorized amount of which, singly or in the aggregate included in any one financing, is 10% or less of the operating budget, the directors do not need consent of the counties, but shall provide notice to the general public:

A.__Of the proposed bond or note issue and the purposes for which the debt is being incurred; and

B.__Of a special jail authority meeting for the purpose of permitting the collection of testimony from the public concerning the amount of the debt so authorized.

Notice of the proposed bond or note issue, the purposes for which the debt is being issued and the call of the special meeting must be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in the 2 counties.

11.__Negotiated or competitive bidding process.__Any notes, bonds or other instruments of indebtedness may be the subject of a negotiated or competitive bidding process or any other process that may be advantageous to the jail authority.__Determination of the process to be used must be made by and at the discretion of the directors.

§1952.__Charges

All persons, firms and corporations, whether public or private, shall pay to the treasurer of the jail authority formed under this chapter the rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges and other charges established by the directors for services provided by the jail authority. In this subchapter, the words "other charges" include, but are not