Section 229.846 - Powers granted to a sponsoring city In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a sponsoring city may do any of the following:
(1) Make grants, gifts or loans of any kind of property, or provide any other form of assistance, to a district upon terms that the sponsoring city considers appropriate.(2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district.(3) Borrow money under ss. 67.04 and 67.12(12) for cultural arts facilities or to fund grants, loans or subsidies to a district.(4) Audit the financial records of a district. The sponsoring city may conduct the audit itself or may contract for the audit to be performed by any other person.(5) Fix and collect a sum to be paid annually, in lieu of property taxes, by the district except that the sum may not exceed the amount that would be levied by the city as a property tax on the property that is exempted under s. 70.11(40).(6) If the district's sponsoring city is not a 1st class city, enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that expands or contracts the area within the district's jurisdiction in which the district board may exercise its power of eminent domain, except that a sponsoring city may not remove from that area any property that was included in the resolution under s. 229.842(1) (c).