(70 ILCS 2005/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 6858)
    Sec. 8. The board of trustees of the district shall have power to:
        (1) provide ambulance services to the emergency
    
services district;
        (2) take all necessary or proper steps to provide
    
rescue services within the district;
        (3) borrow money;
        (4) mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in
    
any real or personal property of the district;
        (5) purchase equipment, supplies, and materials;
        (6) buy, sell, and own real estate for the purpose
    
associated with the operation of the emergency services district;
        (7) recruit, employ, or contract with ambulance,
    
rescue squad, or both ambulance and rescue squad personnel, who shall be compensated at a rate determined by the board of trustees; and
        (8) do any and all things necessary or incident to
    
the powers granted by this Act and to carry out the objects of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24; 104-207, eff. 8-15-25.)