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WY Stat § 15-6-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 5 - Sidewalks|Section 15-6-501 - Contracts for Construction.

15-6-501. Contracts for construction.| Any first class city or any town having a population of four thousand (4,000) or more may provide by ordinance for letting to the lowest responsible bidder for any period not exceeding one (1) year, as prescribed by the ordinance, a contract for the construction, in accordance with specifications prepared by the city engineer and approved by the governing body, of all cement or concrete sidewalks which the governing body may order constructed during the term of the contract. The proposed ordinance shall be published at least two (2) times in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or town, and written notice thereof shall be served in the manner provided by Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure upon the owner or owners of property abutting the sidewalks which have then been ordered and which are then proposed to be ordered to be constructed. The first publication of the ordinance shall be made and written notices served not less than thirty (30) days before the date for hearing objections. Any owner of any lot or parcel of land or property to be assessed for the cost of construction of the sidewalks then ordered or proposed to be ordered to be constructed may appear in person or by counsel at the hearing and show cause, if any, why the sidewalks should not be constructed. If objections are made to the construction of the sidewalks by the owners or agents representing more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of lineal feet frontage of all property which would be assessed to defray the cost of the sidewalks, the sidewalks shall not be constructed. The contractor shall give bond for the performance of his contract as required by the ordinance. The ordinance shall provide that upon ordering the construction of any such sidewalk the city engineer or the street commissioner shall immediately give written notice thereof, served personally on the owner or owners, or agents of the abutting property, or by publication once a week for a period of four (4) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or town, fully describing the termini, course, width and character of the walk ordered. The notice shall provide for a period of thirty (30) days during which parties so desiring may construct the walk abutting their property, and that all the walks so ordered remaining unbuilt at the expiration of the thirty (30) days from the date of service, or of the first publication, shall be constructed by the contractor. The ordinance shall also provide that at the expiration of the thirty (30) days the city engineer or the street commissioner shall notify the contractor to build the portions of the sidewalk ordered that have not been built. The contractor shall construct the sidewalk in accordance with the ordinance and his contract within sixty (60) days after he is so notified.
WY Stat § 15-6-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 5 - Sidewalks|Section 15-6-502 - Assessment; Costs Included; Property Affected.

15-6-502. Assessment; costs included; property affected.| The total cost of all sidewalks constructed by the city contractor under this article, which includes that of the sidewalk proper as well as that of any notice, curbing, grading, handrailing, private crossing and all other necessary expenses, shall be assessed by the governing body by motion, resolution or ordinance as a special assessment against the property in front of which the sidewalk is built. The property occupying street corners shall be assessed for that part of the sidewalk thereon which is within the street intersection.
WY Stat § 15-6-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 5 - Sidewalks|Section 15-6-503 - Assessment; When Payable; Warrants; Collection; Interest; Treasurer's Duties.

15-6-503. Assessment; when payable; warrants; collection; interest; treasurer's duties.| (a) All costs and expenses of building any sidewalk under this article shall be defrayed by special assessment payable in installments and extending over a period of four (4) years. The governing body may issue special improvement warrants for the installments and levy assessments to pay them. The assessments shall be collected as other city taxes.  (b) Special improvement warrants shall bear interest at the rate allowed on public warrants pursuant to W.S. 9-4-106.  (c) The city treasurer shall receive payment in full and give receipts for the entire special assessment of this character on any property with interest to the date of payment when tendered by the owner or agent. Upon receipt of any entire payment the city treasurer shall give notice thereof in writing to the proper tax authorities.
WY Stat § 15-6-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 5 - Sidewalks|Section 15-6-504 - Other Provisions Applicable.

15-6-504. Other provisions applicable.| Any city or town authorized by this article may proceed in the matter of sidewalk construction either under this article or under the provisions of law already in force in regard to sidewalk construction, or partly under the provisions of this article and partly under the older provisions of law. It is the intention of this article to supplement but not to supersede or otherwise affect other provisions of law with regard to powers of first class cities in relation to sidewalks.
WY Stat § 15-6-601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-601 - Authorization; Installation and Maintenance Costs.

15-6-601. Authorization; installation and maintenance costs.| The governing body of any city or town having a population of more than eight thousand (8,000) may create lighting districts in the business portions thereof embracing any street or avenue or portion thereof and abutting property and require the cost of installing the system to be paid by the owners of the property abutting upon a street or avenue within the district, including any street or other railway therein, and assess and collect the cost of the installation by special assessment against that property. The cost of maintenance of the lighting system shall be paid by the city or town at large.
WY Stat § 15-6-602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-602 - Assessments; Proportion; Limitation.

15-6-602. Assessments; proportion; limitation.| (a) The entire cost of erecting and maintaining the posts shall be borne by the owners of property which abuts upon a street or avenue within the district. Each parcel of land so abutting shall be assessed in the proportion which the street frontage of the parcel bears to the street frontage of the entire district.  (b) The owner of any street or other railway upon a street or avenue within the district shall be assessed for not more than one-sixth (1/6) of the entire cost and expense of the installation as the governing body determines.
WY Stat § 15-6-603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-603 - Creation; Contents of Resolution; Notice; Hearing; Installation and Maintenance of Posts.

15-6-603. Creation; contents of resolution; notice; hearing; installation and maintenance of posts.| (a) If the governing body desires to create a special lighting district, it shall propose a resolution designating the number of the district and describing its boundaries. The resolution shall state the:  (i) Character and number of posts to be erected;  (ii) Character of the lights to be maintained;  (iii) Estimate of the cost of posts and erection;  (iv) Proportion of the cost to be assessed against abutting property, including a street or other railway; and  (v) Time the governing body will hear objections to the final adoption of the resolution.  (b) The proposed resolution shall be published at least five (5) times in a daily newspaper of general circulation within the city or town, or in a weekly newspaper in four (4) issues, and written notice thereof shall be served upon the owner or owners, or agents of the abutting property. The first publication of the resolution shall be made and the written notices served not less than thirty (30) days before the date set for hearing objections.  (c) Any owner or agent of any lot or parcel of land or property to be assessed within the district may appear in person or by counsel at the hearing and show cause, if any, why the district should not be created and lights installed and maintained as provided in this article. If objections are made to the creation of the district by owners or agents representing more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of lineal feet frontage of all the property which would be assessed to defray the cost of the installation, the district shall not be created. Not less than six (6) months thereafter a resolution for the same or similar purpose covering the same territory may again be considered after notice and proceedings as provided for consideration of the original resolution. If sufficient objections are not made, a majority of members of the governing body voting in its favor shall adopt the resolution.  (d) The governing body, by contract, may procure and erect the posts required for the maintenance of the lights or require the street commissioner or other official of the city or town to do so in the manner in which the governing body provides. When the posts have been installed the governing body shall provide for the maintenance of the lights and pay the expense of the maintenance. All posts shall be of uniform size and character and be distributed uniformly upon the street or avenue or section thereof to be lighted.
WY Stat § 15-6-604 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-604 - Creation; Assessment; Contents; Notice, Hearing and Objections; Final Resolution.

15-6-604. Creation; assessment; contents; notice, hearing and objections; final resolution.| (a) The governing body shall estimate the cost of erecting and furnishing the posts and on or before the first Monday in November of each year adopt a resolution levying and assessing all of the property embraced within the district with the entire cost of installing the lighting system. Each lot or parcel of land in the district shall be assessed for that part of the whole cost of the installation which its linear feet bordering the street, avenue or alley, bear to the total number of lineal feet abutting the streets, avenues or alleys included within the special district, and levying and assessing against any street or other railway upon a street or avenue or portion thereof included in the lighting district not to exceed one-sixth (1/6) of the total cost of installing the lighting system, as determined by the governing body. The resolution shall contain a list describing each lot or parcel of land, any street or other railway with the name of the owner thereof, if known, the linear number of feet fronting or abutting upon the street or avenue to be lighted or otherwise assessable and the amount levied thereon. The resolution shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk and kept on file in the clerk's office.  (b) A notice signed by the city clerk stating that the resolution levying the assessment to defray the cost of installing the lighting system is on file in his office, subject to inspection for a period of five (5) days, shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or town, and written notice thereof shall be served upon the owner or owners or agents of the abutting property. The notice shall state the time and place at which the governing body will hear objections to the final adoption of the resolution. The hearing shall not be less than five (5) days after publication of the notice.  (c) At the time fixed, the governing body shall meet and hear all objections, and for that purpose may adjourn from day to day and may modify the resolution in whole or in part. A copy of the resolution as finally adopted and certified by the clerk must be delivered within two (2) days after its passage to the city treasurer. The treasurer, within five (5) days after the receipt thereof, by written notice, mailed or otherwise delivered, shall notify each owner of the property assessed of the amount of assessment, the purpose for which the levy is made, the tax against each lot or parcel of land and the date it becomes delinquent.
WY Stat § 15-6-605 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-605 - Manner of Maintaining and Paying.

15-6-605. Manner of maintaining and paying.| The lighting system in each district shall be maintained at the expense of the city or town by contract in the manner in which the governing body provides, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the fund which the governing body designates.
WY Stat § 15-6-606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-606 - Lien; Creation; Enforcement; When Vitiated.

15-6-606. Lien; creation; enforcement; when vitiated.| (a) Any special assessment levied together with all costs and penalties constitute a lien upon the property assessed from the date of the final passage of the resolution levying the assessment. The lien may be enforced as provided by law for the enforcement of other liens.  (b) No mistake in the description of the property or the name of the owner vitiates the liens unless it is impossible to identify the property from the description.
WY Stat § 15-6-607 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-607 - Existing Remedies Applicable.

15-6-607. Existing remedies applicable.| All remedies, provisions and means provided by existing laws or by the ordinances of any city or town availing itself of the provisions of this article, for the correction of errors or omissions in the adoption of any resolution or proceeding, or in the levy of any assessment, or its collection, or for the enforcement of any levy by sale of the property against which any assessment is made, or for the redemption of property from sale, or otherwise applicable to the administration of this article are available the same as if they were made a part of this article.
WY Stat § 15-6-608 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-608 - Posts Already Installed.

15-6-608. Posts already installed.| If before the creation of any lighting district, posts conforming in size, character and location to the governing body's requirements have been installed at the expense of any owners of property therein, the governing body may adopt those posts and out of the funds raised to defray the cost of obtaining and installing posts for the district, may pay the owners of the posts so adopted.
WY Stat § 15-6-609 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 6 - Local Improvements|Article 6 - Lighting Districts|Section 15-6-609 - Discontinuation.

15-6-609. Discontinuation.| If at any time after the creation of any special lighting district, a petition is presented to the governing body, signed by the owners or agents of more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of linear feet of the property fronting or abutting upon any street or avenue or portion thereof included within the district, asking that the district be discontinued, the governing body, by resolution, shall provide for discontinuing the maintenance and operation of the lighting system. However, if the governing body, prior to the presentation of the petition, has entered into any contract for the maintenance and operation of the system, it shall not be discontinued until the contract expires.
WY Stat § 15-7-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-102 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds; Generally; Sewerage Systems; Elections.

15-7-102. Borrowing and issuance of bonds; generally; sewerage systems; elections.| (a) A city or town may borrow money and issue bonds in either coupon or registered form to any amount not exceeding the limitation provided in W.S. 15-7-109 for the purposes enumerated in this article. The amount of bonds may be any multiple of one hundred dollars ($100.00), as provided in the ordinance authorizing their issuance, and shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually at a rate, at a place and in the manner as the ordinance provides. The bonds may be redeemed before maturity at a time or times and in a manner as the governing body determines, and payable in not more than thirty (30) years after the date of their issuance, or payable serially at times in regular numerical order at annual or other designated intervals in any amounts designated and fixed by the governing body. However bonds issued by a city or town to establish, construct, purchase or extend a system of sewerage may mature and be payable at any time not more than forty (40) years from their date or the estimated life of the improvement whichever is shorter.  (b) No bonds may be issued for the purposes provided in this article until the proposition to issue them has been submitted to and approved by the qualified electors of the city or town at an election which shall be called, conducted, canvassed and returned in the manner provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.  (c) Notwithstanding any provision of W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, for purposes of this section, where repayment of funds borrowed from the United States of America or from the state of Wyoming, or from any subdivision, agency or department of either, is to be made solely from revenues generated by the enterprise with which the financed public improvement project is associated and where security for the loan is restricted to a claim on the revenues generated from the enterprise with which the proposed public improvement project is associated and to the assets of that enterprise, any document evidencing the agreement to repay the borrowed funds shall not be considered a bond and no election shall be required.
WY Stat § 15-7-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-103 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds; Recreational Facilities.

15-7-103. Borrowing and issuance of bonds; recreational facilities.| A city or town may borrow money and issue coupon bonds in an amount which, together with the municipal indebtedness, but not including sewerage, water supply and school bonds, does not exceed four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the city or town to acquire, lease, purchase, equip, construct, develop, improve or enlarge public recreational facilities. The bonds shall be in the denomination of one hundred dollars ($100.00), or multiples thereof and bear interest payable semiannually at a rate, at a place and in the manner the governing body provides. The bonds shall be in a serial form with last maturity not more than twenty (20) years after the date of issue and are redeemable at the option of the city or town at a time to be designated by the governing body as provided in W.S. 16-5-302.
WY Stat § 15-7-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-104 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds; Fire Prevention.

15-7-104. Borrowing and issuance of bonds; fire prevention.| A city or town may borrow money and issue the 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 and purchase supplies, equipment and apparatus for fire prevention and control and to erect, construct or purchase buildings for housing its fire extinguishing equipment and for the use of its fire department in the transaction of its official business. The bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually, be of the denomination and be payable at a rate, at a place and in the manner the governing body provides. The bonds shall be redeemable after ten (10) years and payable in not more than thirty (30) years after the time they are issued or payable serially, as provided in W.S. 16-5-302.
WY Stat § 15-7-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-105 - Bonds; Endorsed Certificate; Registration Book.

15-7-105. Bonds; endorsed certificate; registration book.| (a) The clerk of the city or town shall endorse a certificate upon every bond or evidence of debt issued, stating that it is within the lawful debt limit of the city or town and is issued according to law. He shall sign the certificate in his official character.  (b) The city or town treasurer shall keep a book in which shall be registered all bonds issued, showing the number of the bond, the date of issue, to whom issued, the amount, date of redemption and payment of interest. The book shall be open to all persons for examination in accordance with W.S. 16-4-202.
WY Stat § 15-7-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-7-106 - Bonds; Notice; Receiving Bids; Exception; Limitation; Private Sale.

15-7-106. Bonds; notice; receiving bids; exception; limitation; private sale.| (a) After any bonds to be issued for any of the purposes set forth in this article, other than special improvement bonds, have been approved by a vote of the people, the governing body shall give notice by advertisement for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town, if there is one, and if not, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, and in any newspaper published in other places as may be deemed expedient. The notice shall state that the city or town will receive bids for the sale of the bonds and shall give the time and place where bids will be received and opened. No bonds may be sold for less than their par value.  (b) Bonds issued by a city or town to establish, construct, purchase or extend a system of sewerage may be sold to the state of Wyoming or the United States of America at a private sale, without advertisement, for not less than par and accrued interest.