To carry out the purposes of this chapter, a board or commission may employ an engineer or a hydrologist, or both, and such staff as it deems necessary, and a board or commission may contract with engineering consultants or with other specialists including an attorney who may be a part - time state's attorney for services it requires. Source: SL 1985, ch 362 , § 7; SL 1986, ch 378 , § 1.