(a)      The county commissioners of every county in the State may acquire, maintain, and operate a tract of land or tracts or parcels of land within the limits of the county for the disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish, or any other matter as in their judgment may promote the public health of the inhabitants of the county, and may, in their discretion, construct, on some site or sites, within the limits of the county, selected by them, an incinerator or incinerators or other refuse disposal plants for the disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish, or any other matter. In the exercise of this power the county commissioners may:

            (1)      Prescribe and enforce rules and regulations concerning the operation and manner of use of the disposal areas or facilities;

            (2)      Make agreements with persons, firms, corporations, municipal corporations subject to the approval of the governing body, special districts, or other counties for cooperation in, and financial support by way of service charges and fees, in the acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of the disposal areas or facilities;

            (3)      Fix and collect reasonable service charges or fees from any person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation, special district or other county for the use of the disposal areas or facilities;

            (4)      To employ such personnel as may be necessary or desirable for the operation, maintenance, or supervision of the disposal areas or facilities;

            (5)      Acquire land, including rights-of-way or easements, in fee simple or otherwise, as needed for the purposes of this section by purchase, gift, lease or condemnation.

      (b)      The mayor and city council, by whatever name known, of every municipal corporation in the State are authorized to enter into agreements and contracts with any county for the purpose of disposing of the refuse, garbage, trash or other matter collected within the municipal corporation at any incinerator or plant operated under the provisions of this section.

      (c)      The county commissioners, in the furtherance of the provisions of this section, may make appropriations for land acquisition and capital improvements, or borrow funds for these purposes and issue notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness and make such appropriate levies as may be required to meet these obligations.

      (d)      The provisions of this section shall be construed as additional and supplemental provisions to any existing laws providing for the disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish or other matter.