The Commission shall report to the Governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session and at such other times as it deems appropriate. Its members and the members of all committees which it establishes shall serve without compensation but they shall be paid their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter. The Commission may employ a secretary and a stenographer. It may incur such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties and it may, by contributions to the council of state governments, participate with other states in maintaining said council’s regional and central secretariats and its other governmental services.