Powers of board to make public improvements

The town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power, in addition to other powers conferred upon such boards by this chapter or otherwise: 1. To lay out, extend, change the grade, open and alter the highways, streets and alleys within the town. 2. To require and provide for the macadamizing, oiling, curbing, graveling, grading and regrading, paving, draining, cleaning and repairing, lighting, surfacing and resurfacing, and widening of any highway, street or alley, or in any way whatsoever to improve the same. 3. To provide for the purchase, construction, improvement, maintenance and preservation of town parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, public buildings, structures and facilities for recreation and entertainment purposes, and the purchase of sites for all such purposes. 4. To provide for construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sidewalks, crossings, bridges, drains, underground irrigation pipes, water mains, curbs, gutters and storm sewers. 5. To provide for the purchase, construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sanitary sewage facilities, sanitary sewer systems and water systems, and the purchase of sites therefor. 6. To provide for the maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, construction and preservation of all town buildings and property not herein mentioned. 7. To make any other public improvement of any nature, including the purchase and construction of such buildings, structures, edifices and facilities as the town board may deem appropriate.