(1) Advance, donate or lend money, raised from any source and by any means, or real or personal property, to the authority;
(2) Provide that any funds on hand or to 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) Open and improve streets, roads and alleys to the port;
(5) Provide police and fire protection services to the port;
(6) Pay the expenses of the port authority board of commissioners or the expenses of operation of any of the facilities authorized by this chapter;
(7) Levy a tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all taxable property within each county, sufficient to pay the appropriation made by it to the port authority; and
(8) Pledge the full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the county as surety to the payment of the authority's bonds.