The city council or other governing body, as the case may be, shall:
(1) Provide suitable rooms for the board to hold meetings;
(2) Allow all reasonable supplies;
(3) Permit use of public buildings for holding examinations by the board;
(4) Provide, designate, manage, and supervise a paid city employee, full-time or part-time, as may be deemed necessary by the city's chief executive officer, to be known as the administrative assistant to the commission. This assistant shall help with the clerical and administrative needs of the board; and
(5) Provide adequate funding for legal counsel as enumerated in this chapter.