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WY Stat § 15-1-1005 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 10 - Dissolution|Section 15-1-1005 - Certificate of Dissolution; Issuance and Filing Thereof; Date of Dissolution.

15-1-1005. Certificate of dissolution; issuance and filing thereof; date of dissolution.| (a) The secretary of state shall thereafter issue to the mayor, president of the council, or clerk or chairman of the former governing body a certificate of dissolution, together with a certified copy thereof which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the city or town was situated.  (b) The municipal corporate status shall be dissolved upon the date the secretary of state issues a certificate of dissolution, if a certified copy of the certificate is filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the municipality was situated within ten (10) days after that date. Otherwise the date of dissolution is the date upon which the certified copy of the certificate of dissolution is filed in the proper county office.
WY Stat § 15-1-1006 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 10 - Dissolution|Section 15-1-1006 - Certificate of Dissolution; Presumption Upon Filing; Escheat of Assets.

15-1-1006. Certificate of dissolution; presumption upon filing; escheat of assets.| If the certified copy of the certificate of dissolution is filed, it is presumed that the dispositions of all municipal corporate assets was made in substantial compliance with this article. All other assets belonging to the city or town not described in the statement or instrument of conveyance filed with the secretary of state shall escheat to the state in the manner and for the uses and purposes provided by law.
WY Stat § 15-1-1101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 11 - Quasi-Municipal Districts|Section 15-1-1101 - Definition.

15-1-1101. Definition.| As used in this article, "quasi-municipal district" means any sanitary and improvement district organized pursuant to W.S. 35-3-101 through 35-3-107 and 35-3-109 through 35-3-121 or any water district, sewer district or water and sewer district organized pursuant to W.S. 41-10-101 through 41-10-151.
WY Stat § 15-1-1102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 11 - Quasi-Municipal Districts|Section 15-1-1102 - Validation of Prior Organizations; Generally.

15-1-1102. Validation of prior organizations; generally.| (a) The organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district by decree, order or amendment thereof entered prior to March 5, 1969, is validated.  (b) All acts and proceedings prior to March 5, 1969, by or on behalf of any quasi-municipal district under law or under color of law, including but not limited to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of any resolution or motion appertaining to the authorization or issuance of bonds or coupons, are validated, notwithstanding any lack of power or authority, or any defects and irregularities in the acts and proceedings.
WY Stat § 15-1-1103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 11 - Quasi-Municipal Districts|Section 15-1-1103 - Validation of Prior Organizations; Legislative Authority; Exceptions.

15-1-1103. Validation of prior organizations; legislative authority; exceptions.| This article provides necessary legislative authority to validate any organization or reorganization or act or proceeding which the legislature could have authorized in the laws under which the organization or reorganization was accomplished and pursuant to which the acts or proceedings were taken. This article does not validate the organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district, or any act, proceeding or other matter the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined and does not validate the organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district, or any act, proceeding or other matter which has been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.
WY Stat § 15-2-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-2-101 - Governing Body Generally.

15-2-101. Governing body generally.| The governing body when organized is a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, to be known by the name designated and is capable of suing and being sued and of pleading and being impleaded in all courts and places.
WY Stat § 15-2-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-2-102 - Officers; Election, Appointment and Removal; Conditions for Appointive Office or Position.

15-2-102. Officers; election, appointment and removal; conditions for appointive office or position.| (a) The officers of a town are a mayor and four (4) councilmen, all of whom shall be elected. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the clerk, treasurer, marshal, attorney, municipal judge and department heads as specified by ordinance shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the governing body and may be removed by the mayor for incompetency or neglect of duty. All other appointments, except the appointment of members of a board or commission, and removals shall be made by the mayor without consent of the governing body, unless consent is required by separate statute. The governing body shall determine the method of appointing members of a board or commission, unless the method of appointing such members is specified by separate statute.  (b) The governing body, by ordinance or resolution, may specify conditions for any office or position to which a person is appointed under this section including:  (i) Level or range of salary;  (ii) A description of the duties and responsibilities of the office or position;  (iii) Term of appointment;  (iv) Requirements for:  (A) Promotion;  (B) Suspension; and  (C) Hearing of appeals from decisions of the mayor to remove or discharge an appointee other than members of a board or commission, after which the governing body may affirm, modify or reverse the mayor's decision; and  (v) Other matters which are part of the personnel policies of the town.
WY Stat § 15-2-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-2-103 - Officers; Salaries.

15-2-103. Officers; salaries.| The governing body shall fix the salaries for the mayor and councilmen in towns not operating under the commission or city manager form of government. The salaries shall be fixed before their terms begin and shall not change during the term for which they are elected. The salary for mayor shall be paid in twelve (12) or more installments and may not exceed the maximum of twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000.00) per year. The salary for each councilman shall be not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting. All appointed officers shall receive the salary or compensation as provided by law or ordinance.
WY Stat § 15-2-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-2-104 - Mayoral Veto; Overriding Thereof; Failure to Act.

15-2-104. Mayoral veto; overriding thereof; failure to act.| The mayor is entitled to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the governing body and to sign or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award or vote to enter into any contract or the allowance of any claim. A veto may be overridden by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified members of the council. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance and fails to return it with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the governing body, it becomes law without his signature. The mayor may veto any item of any appropriation ordinance and approve the remainder thereof. The items vetoed may be passed over the veto as in other cases. The mayor does not have a vote in any matter involving the override of a veto.
WY Stat § 15-2-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 2 - Finances and Claims|Section 15-2-201 - Fiscal Year; Appropriations; Taxes; Certification; Expenditures; Contracts and Expenses; Exception.

15-2-201. Fiscal year; appropriations; taxes; certification; expenditures; contracts and expenses; exception.| (a) The fiscal year of each town begins July 1 in each year. Except as provided in W.S. 16-4-104(h), the governing body, within the last quarter of each fiscal year, shall pass an annual appropriation ordinance for the next fiscal year in which it may appropriate an amount of money necessary to defray all expenses and liabilities of the town. The ordinance shall specify the objects and purposes for which the appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each object or purpose. No further appropriation may be made at any other time within the fiscal year, except as provided in W.S. 16-4-112 through 16-4-114. The total amount appropriated shall not exceed the probable amount of revenue that will be collected during the fiscal year.  (b) The governing body of each incorporated town, prior to adoption of the budget, shall determine the amount of general taxes necessary to provide for the current expenses of the town and determine the amount of any special tax or assessment levies.  (c) After the governing body has passed an ordinance fixing the amount of taxes necessary as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the town clerk under the supervision of the mayor shall certify the amount of money to be collected to the county clerk.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 152, § 4.  (e) No contract or expenditure shall be made by the governing body or any committee or member thereof, or any of the officers of the town, unless an appropriation therefor has been previously made.  (f) The provisions of this section do not apply to towns during the first year of their corporate existence.
WY Stat § 15-2-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 2 - Finances and Claims|Section 15-2-203 - Treasurer's Accounts; Contents; Report.

15-2-203. Treasurer's accounts; contents; report.| The treasurer of the town shall keep his accounts so as to show when and from what sources all monies paid to him have been derived and to whom and when the monies or any part thereof have been paid out. His books, accounts and vouchers are at all times subject to examination by the governing body or any elector of the town. It is the duty of the treasurer to provide the governing body with a financial report at such times, but not less than quarterly, and in a form as the governing body requires.
WY Stat § 15-2-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Incorporated Towns|Article 2 - Finances and Claims|Section 15-2-204 - Notice of Receipts and Expenditures; Contents.

15-2-204. Notice of receipts and expenditures; contents.| (a) Immediately after the end of the fiscal year, the governing body shall publish in a newspaper, if one is published in the town, or if there is none then by posting in three (3) or more public places, an exhibit of the receipts and expenditures specifying:  (i) The amount budgeted and actual receipts for all revenue sources;  (ii) The specific amount and purpose of each appropriation; and  (iii) The actual expenditures made against each appropriation.  (iv) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 152, § 4.
WY Stat § 15-3-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-3-101 - Population Requirement; Issuance of Proclamation; Receipt as Evidence.

15-3-101. Population requirement; issuance of proclamation; receipt as evidence.| If it is ascertained that any city or town has attained a population of more than four thousand (4,000) inhabitants and that fact is certified to the governor by the mayor of the city or town, attested by its seal, the governor, by public proclamation, shall declare the city or town to be a city of the first class. The proclamation shall be published by the city for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. A certified copy of the proclamation shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the city is situated. The record of the proclamation shall be received as evidence of the organization and corporate existence of the city as a city of the first class in any court within the state.
WY Stat § 15-3-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-3-102 - Name; Service of Process.

15-3-102. Name; service of process.| The corporate name of each first class city is the city of ...., and the city by that name has perpetual succession. All process whatever affecting any such city shall be served upon the mayor or acting mayor, or, in the absence of both, upon the city clerk.
WY Stat § 15-3-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-3-103 - Rights to Remain in Effect.

15-3-103. Rights to remain in effect.| No right of property accrued to any city or town, corporation or person under any law previously in force is affected by a city or town becoming a first class city. All ordinances not in conflict with this chapter shall continue in force until amended or repealed by the governing body. Any city or town becoming a first class city retains all its trusts, rights, privileges and indebtedness. All actions commenced by or against any city or town which becomes a first class city shall be continued to final judgment and satisfaction as if its status had not changed.
WY Stat § 15-3-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 1 - In General|Section 15-3-104 - Temporary Continuation of Existing Government.

15-3-104. Temporary continuation of existing government.| The government of the city shall continue in authority until the reorganization, which shall be effected by the holding of a regular election under the provisions of law. The governing body may divide the city into not less than three (3) wards to take effect prior to the election.
WY Stat § 15-3-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-201 - Mayoral Veto; Overriding Thereof; Failure to Act.

15-3-201. Mayoral veto; overriding thereof; failure to act.| The mayor is entitled to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the governing body and to sign or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. A veto may be overridden by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the qualified members of the council. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance and fails to return it with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the governing body, it becomes law without his signature. The mayor may veto any item of any appropriation ordinance and approve the remainder thereof. The items vetoed may be passed over the veto as in other cases. The mayor does not have a vote in any matter involving the override of a veto.
WY Stat § 15-3-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-202 - Jurisdiction Beyond Corporate Limits; Exception.

15-3-202. Jurisdiction beyond corporate limits; exception.| (a) The mayor, from time to time, shall communicate to the governing body such information and recommend such measures as in his opinion may tend to improve the finances of the city, the police, health, comfort and general prosperity of the city.  (b) The mayor has jurisdiction as may be vested in him by ordinance:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 104, § 2.  (ii) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, in all matters excepting taxation within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits of the city. This paragraph shall not apply to any unincorporated area for which a county has officially adopted a comprehensive plan pursuant to W.S. 18-5-202(b). With the consent of a municipality, a comprehensive plan or a plan under W.S. 9-8-301 may delegate functions to the municipality in whole or in part and exclusively or concurrently with county performance of the functions.
WY Stat § 15-3-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-203 - President of Governing Body; Acting President; Election; Duties.

15-3-203. President of governing body; acting president; election; duties.| The governing body may elect from their number a president who, in the absence of the mayor, shall preside at all meetings of the governing body. If the office of mayor is vacant, the president shall occupy the office until the vacancy is filled. The governing body may elect one (1) councilman to serve temporarily as acting president in the president's absence. The president and acting president, when occupying the place of the mayor, may exercise all of the powers of that office and have the same privileges as other members of the governing body. All acts of the president or acting president, while so acting, are as binding upon the council and upon the city as if done by the mayor.
WY Stat § 15-3-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-204 - Appointed Officers; Removal; Conditions for Appointive Office or Position.

15-3-204. Appointed officers; removal; conditions for appointive office or position.| (a) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the clerk, treasurer, engineer, attorney, fire chief, police chief, municipal judges and department heads as specified by ordinance shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the governing body and may be removed by the mayor. All other appointments, except the appointment of members of a board or commission, and removals shall be made by the mayor without consent of the governing body unless consent is required by separate statute. The governing body shall determine the method of appointing members of a board or commission, unless the method of appointing such members is specified by separate statute. The mayor has the power to remove any officer appointed under W.S. 15-1-101 through 15-10-117 for incompetency or neglect of duty.  (b) The governing body, by ordinance or resolution, may specify conditions for any office or position to which a person is appointed under this section including:  (i) Level or range of salary;  (ii) A description of the duties and responsibilities of the position;  (iii) Term of appointment;  (iv) Requirements for:  (A) Promotions;  (B) Suspension; and  (C) Hearing of appeals from decisions of the mayor to remove or discharge an appointee other than members of a board or commission, after which the governing body may affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the mayor; and  (v) Other matters which are part of the personnel policies of the city.
WY Stat § 15-3-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-205 - Salaries; Minimum Amounts.

15-3-205. Salaries; minimum amounts.| (a) The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by ordinance but the salaries of the following officers shall not be less than the following amounts per year:  (i) Mayor, six hundred dollars ($600.00);  (ii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.  (iii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.  (iv) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.  (v) Each councilman, ten dollars ($10.00) for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the governing body or any committee meeting.  (vi) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.  (b) All other officers of the city shall receive the compensation fixed by ordinance except as otherwise provided by law.
WY Stat § 15-3-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-207 - Elected Officers; Qualifications; Bonds.

15-3-207. Elected officers; qualifications; bonds.| All elected officers shall be qualified electors of the city entitled to vote at all elections therein. Each officer shall give bond in an amount and upon conditions as are provided by ordinance.
WY Stat § 15-3-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-208 - Treasurer; Failure to Provide Required Reports; Removal; Vacancy.

15-3-208. Treasurer; failure to provide required reports; removal; vacancy.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 152, § 4.  (b) If the treasurer neglects or fails to provide financial reports as required by the governing body, the mayor may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy by appointment according to W.S. 15-3-204.
WY Stat § 15-3-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-209 - Treasurer; Receiving Monies; Books and Accounts.

15-3-209. Treasurer; receiving monies; books and accounts.| The city treasurer shall receive all monies belonging to the city. The clerk and treasurer shall keep their books and accounts in the manner prescribed by W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-124. The books and accounts may be inspected at any time by the mayor, councilmen and other persons designated by law.
WY Stat § 15-3-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-210 - Treasurer; Handling Monies; Restrictions; Removal; Vacancy.

15-3-210. Treasurer; handling monies; restrictions; removal; vacancy.| The treasurer shall not, either directly or indirectly, use the corporation money or warrants in his custody for his own use and benefit or that of any other person. If anyone violates this provision, the mayor may remove him from office immediately and declare the office vacant. If an office is declared vacant, the mayor shall fill the vacancy by appointment according to W.S. 15-3-204.
WY Stat § 15-3-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-212 - Engineer; Duties; Other Employees; Outside Work.

15-3-212. Engineer; duties; other employees; outside work.| The city engineer shall keep records of all work done for the city and any other records the governing body requires. All such records are public records belonging to the city and shall be turned over to any successor to the office. The city may employ other engineers or assistants for any work for the city either within or without the city limits. Any work done by the city engineer for the city, outside the limits thereof, shall be expressly provided by ordinance.
WY Stat § 15-3-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 2 - Officers|Section 15-3-213 - Change of Emoluments During Term Prohibited.

15-3-213. Change of emoluments during term prohibited.| The emoluments of any elective officer shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he was elected. No person who has resigned or vacated any office is eligible to the same office during the time for which he was elected or appointed, if during the same time the emoluments have been increased.
WY Stat § 15-3-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 3 - First Class Cities|Article 3 - Finances|Section 15-3-306 - Financial Statements to Be Published.

15-3-306. Financial statements to be published.| The governing body shall cause to be published a semiannual interim financial statement and an annual statement of the financial condition of the city.