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WY Stat § 15-7-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-107 - Bonds; Tax; Interest; Sinking Fund; Redemption.

15-7-107. Bonds; tax; interest; sinking fund; redemption.| A tax to be fixed by ordinance shall be levied each year to pay the interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund for their redemption. The money that may be on hand at any time belonging to the sinking fund, until there are bonds redeemable, may be loaned or invested by the governing body in any public securities of the state, any subdivision thereof, or of the United States, and the interest that accrues shall be added to the sinking fund. If at any time after ten (10) years from the issue of the bonds the sum in the sinking fund equals or exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00), and from time to time thereafter when it accrues, the city or town treasurer shall publish a notice in a newspaper in the city or town that, thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, he will redeem the amount of bonds then payable, giving their number and giving preference to the oldest issue. If at the expiration of thirty (30) days the holder of those bonds fails to present them for payment, the interest thereon ceases, but the treasurer shall redeem them on presentation. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the bank designated as the place of payment of the interest on the bonds.
WY Stat § 15-7-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-108 - Bonds; Cancellation.

15-7-108. Bonds; cancellation.| The city or town treasurer shall, as soon as the coupons of bonds are paid, cause the word "paid" to be cut into them, and when the bonds are paid cause the word "paid" to be cut in the body of the bond.
WY Stat § 15-7-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-109 - Limitations on Indebtedness; Exceptions.

15-7-109. Limitations on indebtedness; exceptions.| No debt in excess of the taxes for the current year may be created by any city or town, except local improvements as provided by law, unless the proposition to create the debt is approved by a vote of the people. No city or town may create any indebtedness exceeding four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property except an additional indebtedness not exceeding four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the property may be created to build and construct sewerage systems. This limitation does not apply to the construction, establishing, extending and maintaining of water works and supplying water for the use of the city or town and its inhabitants.
WY Stat § 15-7-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-110 - Custody of Funds.

15-7-110. Custody of funds.| The city or town treasurer is the custodian of all monies arising from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. He shall give any additional bond or bonds as the governing body requires for safekeeping and disbursing of all such funds.
WY Stat § 15-7-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-111 - Bonds for Municipal Improvements; Exception; Procedure.

15-7-111. Bonds for municipal improvements; exception; procedure.| (a) Any city or town may issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of creating, purchasing, leasing, constructing, maintaining, expanding or improving the following types of municipal improvements:  (i) Municipal auditoriums or community meeting facilities;  (ii) Land, equipment, municipal incinerators and other necessary improvements and facilities to be used for or in conjunction with municipal solid waste management systems;  (iii) Municipally operated recreational facilities of a type for which a charge is or may be made to the general public and because of the charge they are or may be self-liquidating in nature;  (iv) Municipally owned and operated propane, butane and natural gas distribution systems and lines, except no revenue bonds shall be issued or sold for the purpose of purchasing or in any manner acquiring the ownership of an existing natural gas distribution system or lines;  (v) Electrical systems and any facilities located within or without the state for the generation, transmission or distribution of electrical energy, provided that this paragraph shall only apply to those municipalities that owned their electrical systems prior to March 1, 1975. No revenue bonds shall be issued or sold for the purpose of purchasing or in any manner acquiring the ownership of an existing electrical system.  (b) Any city or town desiring to issue revenue bonds shall adopt and follow the procedure prescribed for the issuance by municipalities of revenue bonds for sewerage systems.
WY Stat § 15-7-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-112 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Generally.

15-7-112. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; generally.| In addition to all other powers, a city or town may borrow money and issue coupon bonds in an amount not exceeding, at one (1) time, four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the city or town to acquire, lease, purchase, equip, develop, improve or enlarge municipal airports, landing fields or other air navigation facilities. The bonds shall be of the denomination of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or multiples thereof, and bear interest at a rate payable semiannually, at the place and in the manner provided by the governing body. The bonds shall be in serial form with last maturity not more than thirty (30) years after the date of issue. The bonds are redeemable at a time designated by the governing body as provided in W.S. 16-5-302.
WY Stat § 15-7-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-113 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Notice; Receiving Bids.

15-7-113. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; notice; receiving bids.| If a majority of the votes are "for the bonds," the governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, and any other newspapers published in other places as deemed expedient, to the effect that the city or town will receive bids for the sale of the bonds and stating the time and place where bids will be received and opened.
WY Stat § 15-7-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-114 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Tax; Payment; Cancellation.

15-7-114. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; tax; payment; cancellation.| (a) A tax to be fixed by ordinance shall be levied for each year to pay the interest and principal of the bonds as they become due and payable.  (b) If any bonds or coupons are paid, the treasurer shall cause the word "paid" to be cut in them and otherwise cancel the bonds and coupons so paid.
WY Stat § 15-7-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-201 - Supplying Consumers Outside Corporate Limits.

15-7-201. Supplying consumers outside corporate limits.| Any city or town which may acquire or construct an electric light or power plant may supply electric current to persons, corporations and municipal corporations outside the corporate limits and enter into the necessary contracts upon the terms and under any rules and regulations as agreed upon by the parties.
WY Stat § 15-7-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-202 - Joint Board; Agreement; Purpose; Powers; Prohibition.

15-7-202. Joint board; agreement; purpose; powers; prohibition.| (a) Two (2) or more cities or towns may enter into an agreement pursuant to W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-109 for a joint powers board to supply their need for electric power. The joint powers board may expand, finance or operate electrical systems owned by municipalities prior to March 1, 1975, and construct and operate any facilities located within or without the state for the generation or transmission of electrical energy to supply those electrical systems. No loans under W.S. 16-1-109 shall be granted for facilities to be constructed or operated outside the state.  (b) The joint powers board may acquire a percentage undivided interest as a tenant in common with any other public or private entities in any such facility and may designate one (1) of the other participating entities as its agent, or may act as agent for any other participating entity in connection with the planning, acquisition, construction or operation of any such facility.
WY Stat § 15-7-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-203 - Existing Contracts Ratified.

15-7-203. Existing contracts ratified.| Any contracts entered into by any city or town for supplying electric current outside its corporate limits are ratified and confirmed as valid and binding contracts, any other act or law to the contrary notwithstanding.
WY Stat § 15-7-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-204 - General Powers.

15-7-204. General powers.| (a) Any city or town may:  (i) Purchase electric current from outside its corporate limits upon terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties;  (ii) Construct an electric transmission line or electric power line upon and over all public roads and state highways if it does not interfere with the public in the use of the public roads and state highways;  (iii) Enact ordinances necessary to exercise the powers granted in this article and establish rules and regulations for the conduction, maintenance and operation of any electric transmission line constructed, purchased, extended or maintained and providing for the rates to be charged consumers of electric current either for lights, power or other purposes and for their collection.
WY Stat § 15-7-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-205 - Line Fund Established; Use.

15-7-205. Line fund established; use.| All funds derived from the sale of electricity or electric current shall be placed in a separate fund to be known as "electric line fund," and be used only for paying the expenses of operating, maintaining or extending the electric transmission line, including the transformers and other appurtenances necessary to its operation, until all of the bonds issued by the city or town for those purposes have been fully paid. However, any surplus in that fund, over and above the operating expenses and the expenses of extending and repairing the plants in any one (1) year, may be used to provide a sinking fund for the payment of bonds or to pay the interest or principal on the bonds.
WY Stat § 15-7-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-206 - Sale of Power Plant; Election Procedure; Ballot; Vote Required.

15-7-206. Sale of power plant; election procedure; ballot; vote required.| (a) If a written proposal to purchase a city or town owned works or plant for generating or distributing electrical energy for light, heat or power, is filed with the city or town clerk by any bona fide manufacturer or distributor of electricity in the state of Wyoming, the governing body, if in their judgment it appears to be in the best interests of the inhabitants of the city or town to sell the works or plant, may provide for submitting the question to the qualified electors of the city or town. The question shall be submitted to both property and nonproperty owners either at the next regular municipal election or at a special election called for that purpose. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other city or town elections, except as otherwise provided in this section.  (b) The official ballot shall contain the words "For Sale of Municipal Light Plant" and "Against Sale of Municipal Light Plant" and shall have a square to the right of each proposition. The elector shall express his vote by putting a cross in the square opposite the proposition he favors. If a majority of the legal votes cast upon the proposition in each ballot box are for the sale, the proposition is approved by the people, and the governing body shall take appropriate proceedings to consummate the sale. If the majority of ballots in either box is against the proposed sale, it shall not be concluded.
WY Stat § 15-7-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-207 - Election Procedure; Notice.

15-7-207. Election procedure; notice.| If the governing body of the city or town decides to submit the question of the sale of the property to a vote of the qualified electors, they shall publish, for a period of at least three (3) weeks before the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, a notice specifying the amount of the bid and the general terms and conditions contained in the proposal. A copy of the notice shall be posted for three (3) weeks immediately preceding the election in three (3) public places in the city or town.
WY Stat § 15-7-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-208 - Contents of Proposal.

15-7-208. Contents of proposal.| In submitting a written proposal for the purchase of any municipally owned electric light or power plant, the prospective purchaser shall specify the amount of his bid and the general terms and conditions of his offer.
WY Stat § 15-7-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 2 - Electric Current|Section 15-7-209 - Sale of Power Plant; Disposition of Monies Received.

15-7-209. Sale of power plant; disposition of monies received.| All monies received from the sale of property under this article shall be kept in a separate fund and be first used as necessary to pay current bills and unsecured obligations outstanding on account of the operation of the plant until it is turned over to the purchaser. The remainder of the proceeds of the sale shall be used for redemption of any bonds issued by the city or town for the purchase or erection and construction of the works or plant. The money shall not be expended or mixed with other funds of the city or town but shall be applied wholly towards the redemption of the bonds, together with the accumulated interest. If the property sold brings an amount in excess of the current bills, unsecured obligations and the outstanding bonds, the excess shall be placed in a sinking fund to retire any existing bonded indebtedness of the municipality. If there is no existing bonded indebtedness, the excess shall be placed in the municipal general fund and expended for general municipal purposes.
WY Stat § 15-7-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 3 - Public Parks|Section 15-7-301 - Definition.

15-7-301. Definition.| As used in this article "public park" means any public ground of any city or town dedicated to public use and maintained as a municipal park, playground or recreation area.
WY Stat § 15-7-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 3 - Public Parks|Section 15-7-302 - Vacation From Public Use; Authorization.

15-7-302. Vacation from public use; authorization.| The governing body of any city or town may vacate from public use any public park or part thereof located within the corporate limits of the city or town in the manner provided in this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 3 - Public Parks|Section 15-7-303 - Vacation From Public Use; Hearing; Notice; Contents; Objections.

15-7-303. Vacation from public use; hearing; notice; contents; objections.| If the governing body considers it to be in the public interest to vacate any public park or part thereof from the public use to which it was dedicated, it shall set a time and place for a public hearing upon the proposal to vacate. Notice of the hearing shall be published for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper published in the county in which the city or town is located, or if there is no newspaper published in that county, then in a newspaper published in this state and of general circulation in that county. The notice shall contain a statement of the time, place and purpose of the hearing, the reason for the proposed vacation and shall provide that any person objecting to the proposed vacation shall file his objections with the city or town clerk in writing at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the hearing.
WY Stat § 15-7-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 3 - Public Parks|Section 15-7-304 - Vacation From Public Use; Hearing; How Conducted; Order; Record.

15-7-304. Vacation from public use; hearing; how conducted; order; record.| Any resident of the city or town, having filed his objections, may appear at the hearing and protest the proposed vacation. Any other resident of the city or town may appear at the hearing and offer evidence in support of the proposed vacation. If the governing body then finds that the vacation of the property from public use is in the best interests of the city or town and its residents, it may order the vacation by ordinance. The record of the proceedings of the public hearing, including the findings of the governing body, shall be made a part of the minutes of the regular or special meeting of the governing body at which the hearing was conducted.
WY Stat § 15-7-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 3 - Public Parks|Section 15-7-305 - Vacation From Public Use; Cessation of Duties; Disposal.

15-7-305. Vacation from public use; cessation of duties; disposal.| Upon the passage of an ordinance vacating the property from public use, the city or town is relieved of all obligations to the public for maintaining the property as a public park, and it may dispose of the property in any manner provided by law.
WY Stat § 15-7-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-401 - Establishment; Powers and Duties Generally.

15-7-401. Establishment; powers and duties generally.| Any city or town which owns and operates a municipal waterworks, a sanitary sewer system, a sewage disposal plant or an electric utility distribution system may establish a board of commissioners to be known as the board of public utilities. The board of public utilities shall manage, operate, maintain and control such plants and make all rules and regulations necessary for their safe, economical and efficient operation and management. The board may also improve, extend or enlarge the plants as provided in this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-402 - Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Removal of Members; Vacancies.

15-7-402. Appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; vacancies.| The board of public utilities shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the governing body. Members appointed shall be persons of business experience, not less than thirty (30) years of age, citizens of the United States and for five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment residents of the city or town. One (1) member of the board shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for a term of four (4) years and two (2) for a term of six (6) years. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years. Any member of the board may be removed by the mayor with the concurrence of the governing body for cause other than politics or religion after public hearing. The mayor shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term only.
WY Stat § 15-7-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-403 - Officers; Meetings; Records; Salaries.

15-7-403. Officers; meetings; records; salaries.| The board shall elect from their own number a president and a secretary and hold meetings at least once a month, and at the call of the president or three (3) members of the board. The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings, records and accounts of the board are public. Three (3) members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The salaries of the members of the board shall be fixed by ordinance, but may not exceed six hundred dollars ($600.00) each per year.
WY Stat § 15-7-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-404 - Specific Powers and Duties; Vouchers; Civil Service or Pension System.

15-7-404. Specific powers and duties; vouchers; civil service or pension system.| (a) The board of public utilities has exclusive control of all municipally owned waterworks, sanitary sewer systems and sewage disposal plants, or any of them, as specified by ordinance. The board is charged with producing and supplying the city or town and its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes, and for public use, and may sell and dispose of any surplus outside of the city or town. The board may also furnish surplus sanitary sewer facilities to persons outside of the city or town.  (b) The board may:  (i) Hire and discharge all employees and agents of these departments and fix their compensation;  (ii) Purchase all machinery, tools and other appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the purposes of the departments;  (iii) In the name of the city or town take and hold by lease, purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise such franchises and property, either within or without the city or town, as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the board, including office space and equipment for carrying on the business of these departments;  (iv) Establish all reasonable rules and regulations to protect the rights and property vested in the city or town and under control of the board;  (v) Issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and accounts incurred by the board for its departments. When the vouchers or warrants are approved by the board the city or town treasurer shall pay and charge them against the proper funds.  (c) The board may:  (i) Provide for either civil service status or pension system, or both, for its employees, which shall be under the supervision and subject to the order of the board;  (ii) Withhold two percent (2%) of the wages of its employees to be placed in a fund to be known as "utilities department pension fund";  (iii) Set aside and place in the pension fund each month, an amount not to exceed three (3) times the total amount of two percent (2%) deducted each month from employees' wages for pension purposes.  (d) Disbursements from the pension fund shall be made in the same manner as other disbursements and payments made pursuant to this article.