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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 increase 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 not exceed 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. Any elected or appointed officers who are entitled to receive a salary or compensation under this section may elect not to receive all or a portion of the salary or compensation at any time during their term.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
(c) Any elected or appointed mayor or city councilman may elect not to receive all or part of their salary or compensation at any time during their term.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 3 - First Class Cities › Article 4 - Actions and Claims › Section 15-3-401 - Actions; When Showing Legal Compliance Required.

15-3-401. Actions; when showing legal compliance required.
If any suit is instituted by or against any city under the law governing cities of the first class, in any of the courts of this state, the city is not required to show its compliance with the provisions thereof, as to its organization or the passage, adoption or publication of its ordinances, unless they are controverted by affidavit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 3 - First Class Cities › Article 4 - Actions and Claims › Section 15-3-402 - Actions; Recovering Penalty or Fine; Generally.

15-3-402. Actions; recovering penalty or fine; generally.
All actions brought to recover any penalty or fine shall be brought in the corporate name of the city and the recoveries, when collected, shall be paid into the city treasury. The process in every such action shall be a warrant, and the person named therein shall be arrested and taken before the municipal court for trial.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 3 - First Class Cities › Article 4 - Actions and Claims › Section 15-3-403 - Actions; Recovering Penalty or Fine; Statement of Complaining Act.

15-3-403. Actions; recovering penalty or fine; statement of complaining act.
In actions brought to recover a penalty or fine under any law pertaining to cities of the first class, it is not necessary to file with the affidavit or complaint a copy of the ordinances or bylaws or sections alleged to have been violated. It is sufficient to state in plain and concise language the act complained of and to recite in the affidavit or complaint the number of the section of the ordinance alleged to have been violated and the date of passage or adoption thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-101 - Governing Body; Composition; Powers; Manner of Adopting Motions; President; Vice-President; Duties.

15-4-101. Governing body; composition; powers; manner of adopting motions; president; vice-president; duties.
(a) The governing body of each city and town operating under the commission form of government consists of the mayor and two (2) commissioners, each of whom has the right to vote on all questions coming before the governing body. Two (2) members of the council constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of two (2) members is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or pass any measure, unless a greater number is otherwise provided. Upon every vote the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded, and every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read before the vote is taken thereon.
(b) The mayor has no power to veto any measure, but every resolution or ordinance passed by the council, before it is in force, must be signed by the mayor, or by two (2) commissioners and be recorded.
(c) The mayor is president of the governing body. The commissioner of finances and public property is vice-president of the governing body and shall perform the duties of the mayor in his absence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-102 - Departments; Powers; Administrators.

15-4-102. Departments; powers; administrators.
(a) The executive and administrative powers, authority and duties in cities and towns adopting this form of government shall be distributed among three (3) departments, as follows:
(i) Department of public affairs and safety, to be administered by the mayor;
(ii) Department of accounts, finance, parks and public property, to be administered by the commissioner of finances and public property;
(iii) Department of streets and public improvements, to be administered by the commissioner of streets and public improvements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-104 - Officers and Assistants; Election and Removal; Vote Required; Duties.

15-4-104. Officers and assistants; election and removal; vote required; duties.
(a) The governing body, at its first meeting, or as soon as practicable thereafter, shall elect by majority vote the following officers or as many thereof as may be necessary:
(i) City clerk;
(ii) Attorney;
(iii) Treasurer;
(iv) Civil engineer;
(v) Health officer;
(vi) Chief of police;
(vii) Chief of fire department; and
(viii) Any other officers and assistants as are provided for by ordinance and necessary to the proper and efficient conduct of the city's affairs.
(b) Any officer or assistant elected or appointed may be removed from office at any time by a majority vote of the council, and their duties shall be fixed by ordinance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-105 - Officers and Employees; Offices; Office Hours; Salaries.

15-4-105. Officers and employees; offices; office hours; salaries.
(a) The mayor, commissioners and other officers as provided by ordinance shall have offices in the city hall and shall maintain regular office hours to be fixed by ordinance. The compensation of the city officers shall be paid in monthly installments not to exceed the following maximum amounts per year:
(i) Mayor, seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000.00);
(ii) Commissioner, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00);
(iii) City clerk, nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000.00);
(iv) City attorney, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars ($19,200.00);
(v) City engineer, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00);
(vi) Police judge, six thousand dollars ($6,000.00).
(b) The annual salaries specified in subsection (a) of this section may be fixed by ordinance at any amount less than the maximum amount specified. No salary of any elective officer may be changed during his term of office. The salary or compensation of other officers and employees, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be fixed by ordinance and payable in equal monthly installments or more often.
(c) In cities and towns having an assessed valuation of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000.00) or less, the annual salaries shall not exceed the following:
(i) Mayor, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars ($15,300.00);
(ii) Commissioner, four thousand six hundred twenty dollars ($4,620.00);
(iii) City clerk, four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00);
(iv) City attorney, three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00);
(v) City engineer, four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00); and
(vi) Police judge, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-106 - Officers and Employees; Salaries; Verified Payroll.

15-4-106. Officers and employees; salaries; verified payroll.
In cities operating under a commission government, payment of wages and salary of city officers, laborers, firemen, police officers and other employees or officers of any city department may be made upon approval by the governing body of a payroll verified by the oath of the city clerk as to city officers, and the oaths of the mayor and city commissioners as to officers and employees of the departments of city government which they head. Presentation and allowance of claims as provided by law for claims of other character is not required for payment of salaries and wages embraced in a verified payroll.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 1 - Commission › Section 15-4-109 - Finances; First Commission's Appropriative Powers.

15-4-109. Finances; first commission's appropriative powers.
The first commission elected in a city under the provisions of this article has the power, by ordinance, to revise, repeal or change any appropriations made for the current fiscal year prior to the beginning of their term of office and to make additional appropriations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 2 - City Manager › Section 15-4-201 - Council Officers; Election; Duties; Compensation.

15-4-201. Council officers; election; duties; compensation.
(a) The council, at the first meeting after the first election under this article and at the first meeting after each regular election thereafter, shall elect from their number a president of the council to be the mayor and a vice president of the council. During the absence or disability of the mayor, the vice president shall perform the duties of the mayor. In the absence or disability of both, the council shall choose from their number a president pro tem to perform the duties of the mayor.
(b) The salary for each councilman, other than the mayor, shall be not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), as the council establishes by ordinance, for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting. The salary for the mayor shall not be more than twice the salary of the other council members.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 2 - City Manager › Section 15-4-203 - Manager; Duties; Generally.

15-4-203. Manager; duties; generally.
(a) In addition to his specific duties, the manager shall:
(i) See that all laws and ordinances are observed and enforced;
(ii) Attend all meetings of the governing body and may recommend necessary and expedient measures;
(iii) Prepare and submit to the governing body reports required by it, or that he considers advisable;
(iv) Keep the governing body fully advised of the city's financial condition and its future needs;
(v) Serve as the city's purchasing agent;
(vi) Perform all duties imposed upon him; and
(vii) Recommend rules and regulations necessary for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city or town subject to the provisions of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 2 - City Manager › Section 15-4-204 - Manager; Duties; Public Health; Garbage.

15-4-204. Manager; duties; public health; garbage.
The manager shall enforce all statutes, ordinances and regulations relative to the public health, comfort and safety. If the owner or occupant of property deposits or allows the accumulation of garbage, offal, manure or rubbish of any kind upon it, or in the streets or alleys upon which it abuts, or permits weeds to grow and remain on the property, in violation of any statute or ordinance, the manager shall serve notice upon the occupant, or the owner or his agent, to remove the rubbish or weeds. If they are not removed within one (1) day after service of notice, the manager shall have them removed. The cost of removal shall be assessed against the property and constitutes a lien thereon. The owner shall be notified of the amount assessed, and if it is not paid, it shall be collected in the same manner as other special assessments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 2 - City Manager › Section 15-4-205 - Management and Control of Municipal Public Utility.

15-4-205. Management and control of municipal public utility.
Unless a board of public utilities has been established as provided in chapter 7, article 4, the manager shall control and manage any public utility owned and operated by the city or town. Subject to the laws relating to public utilities, he shall implement all rates and compensation as the governing body establishes to be paid by consumers of water, gas, electric current or any service furnished by any other public utility, owned or operated by the city or town, provided they are equal and uniform to all persons within the class served. He shall make and enforce all necessary rules, regulations and penalties to enforce their collection, or for the protection of the property and rights pertaining to public utilities. At the end of each month, or within three (3) days thereafter, he shall file with the clerk a report showing the receipts and disbursements in the management of all public utilities during the month.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 2 - City Manager › Section 15-4-206 - Management and Control of Municipal Public Utility; Powers and Duties as to Employees; Exception.

15-4-206. Management and control of municipal public utility; powers and duties as to employees; exception.
(a) The manager shall control and manage the fire department and the police department and may appoint a chief of the fire department, a chief of the police department and any other employees necessary in those departments.
(b) The manager shall appoint a city clerk. He may also appoint a city engineer and a city treasurer. The city clerk may be appointed to act as treasurer, but he shall not receive more than the salary of one (1) position. The manager may appoint and remove any other necessary employees and fix their compensation within the limits specified by the governing body and the law. Except as otherwise provided by law, he shall prescribe the powers and duties of all employees and may require any employee to perform duties in two (2) or more departments. He shall file with the clerk a list of the names of all employees together with a statement of the salary or compensation each is to receive.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-301 - Officers and Employees; Public Property; Delivery to Successor; Penalty; Enforcement.

15-4-301. Officers and employees; public property; delivery to successor; penalty; enforcement.
Every person, upon the expiration of his term of office or employment, shall deliver to his successor in office all property in his possession belonging to the city or town, or pertaining to the office held. Any person failing to do so within five (5) days after being notified and requested by the manager or president of the governing body, shall forfeit and pay for the use of the city five hundred dollars ($500.00) and all damages caused by his neglect or refusal to deliver. The amount may be recovered in an action brought for that purpose, and the city may by action in the nature of replevin, or mandamus proceedings, enforce the delivery of such property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-302 - Finances; Warrants; Use for Disbursements; Exception; Limitations; Contents; Procedure.

15-4-302. Finances; warrants; use for disbursements; exception; limitations; contents; procedure.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all disbursements shall be made by check or warrant signed by the manager and countersigned by the mayor. No check or warrant may be drawn in payment of a claim of more than fifty dollars ($50.00) until the claim is certified by the manager and allowed by resolution of the governing body. Each check or warrant shall specify its purpose and shall be made payable to the order of the person in whose favor it is drawn.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 152, 4.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-304 - Claims; Appeals; Exception; Definition.

15-4-304. Claims; appeals; exception; definition.
Except as provided by W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, if any claim against the city is disallowed in whole or in part, the claimant may appeal from the decision of the governing body to the district court of the district in which the city or town is situated pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure. "Claim" as used in this section means claims as are presented for audit and not claims for salaries of officers and employees or other fixed charges against the city or town, nor claims covered by W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-305 - Streets; Vacation; Petition Required; Consideration.

15-4-305. Streets; vacation; petition required; consideration.
The governing body has the exclusive power and, by ordinance, may vacate any highway, street, lane or alley, or portion thereof. No vacation may be ordered except upon petition of a majority of the owners owning a majority of the property abutting on the portion proposed to be vacated and extending three hundred (300) feet in either direction from the portion proposed to be vacated. The city or town may demand and receive the value of the land vacated as consideration for the vacation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-306 - Construction or Reconstruction of Sidewalks and Curbs; Landowner's Duties; Notice; Assessment; Establishing Grade and Parking Width.

15-4-306. Construction or reconstruction of sidewalks and curbs; landowner's duties; notice; assessment; establishing grade and parking width.
(a) All owners of land adjoining any street, lane or alley shall construct or reconstruct a sidewalk and curb along the street, lane or alley next to the land when ordered to do so by the manager. All sidewalks and curbs shall be constructed as designated by the manager. However, the manager shall not require any person to construct a walk or curb in a different manner, or of a different material, than is required of other persons in the same block fronting the street. It is the duty of landowners to keep any sidewalk or curb now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed in front of the land, in good repair and in safe condition.
(b) If the manager considers it necessary that a sidewalk or curb be constructed, reconstructed or repaired, notice shall be served upon the owner of the land along which it is to be constructed or repaired specifying the manner in which it is to be constructed or repaired and the estimated cost which may be assessed if the city or town does the work. The notice shall be served personally upon the owner, or if he is not to be found within the city or town, it shall be sent to him by registered or certified mail, requesting a return receipt, if his address is known. Otherwise it shall be published once in the official newspaper of the city or town. Unless the owner within two (2) weeks after service, mailing or publication of the notice, begins the construction or repair and completes it without delay, the manager shall have the work done at the expense of the permanent improvement revolving fund. Upon completion of the work, the manager shall certify the cost thereof to the clerk of the city or town. The governing body shall then fix a date for hearing upon the costs. The procedure for notice and hearing shall be as set forth in W.S. 15-6-405. Upon confirmation of the assessment by the governing body, the charge levied is a lien upon the property as set forth in W.S. 15-6-406. The governing body may levy and collect the assessment and provide for the manner of sale, redemption and conveyance of lands sold for nonpayment of the assessment in the manner provided in W.S. 15-6-401 through 15-6-448. When collected the assessment shall be paid into the revolving fund. The manager, upon proper showing made to him, may extend the time within which the construction or repair shall begin or be completed.
(c) Before ordering the construction of any new sidewalk or curb, the manager shall establish its grade and the width of the parking.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-307 - Construction or Reconstruction of Sidewalks and Curbs; Conditions Causing Injury; Liability and Proceedings Generally.

15-4-307. Construction or reconstruction of sidewalks and curbs; conditions causing injury; liability and proceedings generally.
Any person who renders a street insufficient or unsafe for travel by any excavations or obstructions not authorized by law or ordinance, or is negligent in the management of any authorized excavation or obstruction, or fails to maintain proper guards or lights is liable for all damages recovered by any person injured as a result of the obstruction or negligence. No action may be maintained against the city or town for damages unless the person or persons creating the condition are joined as parties defendant. In case of judgment against the defendants, execution shall at first issue only against the defendant causing the insufficiency or danger, and the city or town is not required to pay the judgment until that execution is returned unsatisfied. If the city or town pays the judgment, it is the owner thereof and may enforce its payment from the other defendants. The city or town is also entitled to execution against them and to take such other proceedings as judgment creditors are entitled to take.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-308 - Conditions Causing Injury; Defects.

15-4-308. Conditions causing injury; defects.
No action may be maintained against the city or town on account of injuries received by means of any defect in the condition of any bridge, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare except as provided by W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-119.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-309 - Conditions Causing Injury; Obstructions by Railways.

15-4-309. Conditions causing injury; obstructions by railways.
No railway company or street railway company, when cleaning their track, may pile up snow or other material and leave it piled upon any street in the city or town. Any such company is liable to any person injured as a result of the obstruction for all damages sustained. If damages are recovered against the city or town for injuries caused by the obstruction, the city may recover from the company responsible.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-310 - Subdividing; Survey and Plat Required; Procedure; Streets; Layout and Grading.

15-4-310. Subdividing; survey and plat required; procedure; streets; layout and grading.
(a) If any person subdivides any parcel of ground within the city or town into building lots for the purpose of sale, he shall have it surveyed and platted in accordance with the general laws. When the survey and plats are completed and acknowledged, a copy shall be presented to the city engineer, who shall advise the manager whether it should be accepted or rejected, or a modification directed. The manager shall then present it to the governing body with the recommendation.
(b) When any plat is accepted by the governing body, the clerk shall so certify upon the face of the plat, and it may then be recorded as provided by the general laws relating to the making and filing of plats. Except as otherwise provided by law, all provisions of the general laws relating to the making and filing of plats apply to the city. No person is entitled to damages for laying out or extension of any street or alley over any lot or parcel of land sold or offered for sale contrary to law.
(c) The acceptance of the plat or addition of any ground, either within or outside the limits of the city or town, does not make it liable to grade the streets therein designated, or responsible for an insufficiency in a street, until the governing body directs they be graded and opened for travel.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-311 - Removing Snow; Persons Responsible; Cost.

15-4-311. Removing snow; persons responsible; cost.
If the owners or occupants of property within the city fail to promptly remove accumulations of snow or other obstructions from the sidewalks, or streets or alleys on which their property abuts, when required to do so by ordinance, the manager may have it removed and the cost of removal assessed against the property. The cost of removal constitutes a lien against the property to be collected in the same manner as special assessments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-312 - Public Utilities; Installation.

15-4-312. Public utilities; installation.
The city or town may install, purchase, construct and operate any street railway and any gas, water, ice, heat, power, light or other plant for the furnishing of any commodity or service, or other public utility, and engage in the manufacture, production, purchase and sale of gas, water, ice, coal, heat, power, light or other commodities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government › Article 3 - Property, Financial Affairs, Contracts, Streets, Subdivisions and Utilities › Section 15-4-313 - Public Utilities; Manner of Disposal.

15-4-313. Public utilities; manner of disposal.
No public utility owned by the city, whether acquired prior to the adoption of this article or thereafter, may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of and no real property may be sold unless the full terms of the sale or other disposition, together with the price to be paid, is published in the official paper of the city or town once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, before final action of the governing body. The proposition shall then be submitted to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection at the next general municipal election and ratified by at least two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of electors voting upon the question.