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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-107 - Bonds; Tax; Interest; Sinking Fund; Redemption.

15-7-107. Bonds; tax; interest; sinking fund; redemption.
A tax to be fixed by ordinance shall be levied each year to pay the interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund for their redemption. The money that may be on hand at any time belonging to the sinking fund, until there are bonds redeemable, may be loaned or invested by the governing body in any public securities of the state, any subdivision thereof, or of the United States, and the interest that accrues shall be added to the sinking fund. If at any time after ten (10) years from the issue of the bonds the sum in the sinking fund equals or exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00), and from time to time thereafter when it accrues, the city or town treasurer shall publish a notice in a newspaper in the city or town that, thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, he will redeem the amount of bonds then payable, giving their number and giving preference to the oldest issue. If at the expiration of thirty (30) days the holder of those bonds fails to present them for payment, the interest thereon ceases, but the treasurer shall redeem them on presentation. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the bank designated as the place of payment of the interest on the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-108 - Bonds; Cancellation.

15-7-108. Bonds; cancellation.
The city or town treasurer shall, as soon as the coupons of bonds are paid, cause the word "paid" to be cut into them, and when the bonds are paid cause the word "paid" to be cut in the body of the bond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-109 - Limitations on Indebtedness; Exceptions.

15-7-109. Limitations on indebtedness; exceptions.
No debt in excess of the taxes for the current year may be created by any city or town, except local improvements as provided by law, unless the proposition to create the debt is approved by a vote of the people. No city or town may create any indebtedness exceeding four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property except an additional indebtedness not exceeding four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the property may be created to build and construct sewerage systems. This limitation does not apply to the construction, establishing, extending and maintaining of water works and supplying water for the use of the city or town and its inhabitants.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-110 - Custody of Funds.

15-7-110. Custody of funds.
The city or town treasurer is the custodian of all monies arising from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. He shall give any additional bond or bonds as the governing body requires for safekeeping and disbursing of all such funds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-111 - Bonds for Municipal Improvements; Exception; Procedure.

15-7-111. Bonds for municipal improvements; exception; procedure.
(a) Any city or town may issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of creating, purchasing, leasing, constructing, maintaining, expanding or improving the following types of municipal improvements:
(i) Municipal auditoriums or community meeting facilities;
(ii) Land, equipment, municipal incinerators and other necessary improvements and facilities to be used for or in conjunction with municipal solid waste management systems;
(iii) Municipally operated recreational facilities of a type for which a charge is or may be made to the general public and because of the charge they are or may be self-liquidating in nature;
(iv) Municipally owned and operated propane, butane and natural gas distribution systems and lines, except no revenue bonds shall be issued or sold for the purpose of purchasing or in any manner acquiring the ownership of an existing natural gas distribution system or lines;
(v) Electrical systems and any facilities located within or without the state for the generation, transmission or distribution of electrical energy, provided that this paragraph shall only apply to those municipalities that owned their electrical systems prior to March 1, 1975. No revenue bonds shall be issued or sold for the purpose of purchasing or in any manner acquiring the ownership of an existing electrical system.
(b) Any city or town desiring to issue revenue bonds shall adopt and follow the procedure prescribed for the issuance by municipalities of revenue bonds for sewerage systems.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-112 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Generally.

15-7-112. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; generally.
In addition to all other powers, a city or town may borrow money and issue coupon bonds in an amount not exceeding, at one (1) time, four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of the city or town to acquire, lease, purchase, equip, develop, improve or enlarge municipal airports, landing fields or other air navigation facilities. The bonds shall be of the denomination of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or multiples thereof, and bear interest at a rate payable semiannually, at the place and in the manner provided by the governing body. The bonds shall be in serial form with last maturity not more than thirty (30) years after the date of issue. The bonds are redeemable at a time designated by the governing body as provided in W.S. 16-5-302.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-113 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Notice; Receiving Bids.

15-7-113. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; notice; receiving bids.
If a majority of the votes are "for the bonds," the governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, and any other newspapers published in other places as deemed expedient, to the effect that the city or town will receive bids for the sale of the bonds and stating the time and place where bids will be received and opened.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 1 - In General › Section 15-7-114 - Borrowing and Issuance of Bonds for Airports; Tax; Payment; Cancellation.

15-7-114. Borrowing and issuance of bonds for airports; tax; payment; cancellation.
(a) A tax to be fixed by ordinance shall be levied for each year to pay the interest and principal of the bonds as they become due and payable.
(b) If any bonds or coupons are paid, the treasurer shall cause the word "paid" to be cut in them and otherwise cancel the bonds and coupons so paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-201 - Supplying Consumers Outside Corporate Limits.

15-7-201. Supplying consumers outside corporate limits.
Any city or town which may acquire or construct an electric light or power plant may supply electric current to persons, corporations and municipal corporations outside the corporate limits and enter into the necessary contracts upon the terms and under any rules and regulations as agreed upon by the parties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-202 - Joint Board; Agreement; Purpose; Powers; Prohibition.

15-7-202. Joint board; agreement; purpose; powers; prohibition.
(a) Two (2) or more cities or towns may enter into an agreement pursuant to W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-109 for a joint powers board to supply their need for electric power. The joint powers board may expand, finance or operate electrical systems owned by municipalities prior to March 1, 1975, and construct and operate any facilities located within or without the state for the generation or transmission of electrical energy to supply those electrical systems. No loans under W.S. 16-1-109 shall be granted for facilities to be constructed or operated outside the state.
(b) The joint powers board may acquire a percentage undivided interest as a tenant in common with any other public or private entities in any such facility and may designate one (1) of the other participating entities as its agent, or may act as agent for any other participating entity in connection with the planning, acquisition, construction or operation of any such facility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-203 - Existing Contracts Ratified.

15-7-203. Existing contracts ratified.
Any contracts entered into by any city or town for supplying electric current outside its corporate limits are ratified and confirmed as valid and binding contracts, any other act or law to the contrary notwithstanding.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-204 - General Powers.

15-7-204. General powers.
(a) Any city or town may:
(i) Purchase electric current from outside its corporate limits upon terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties;
(ii) Construct an electric transmission line or electric power line upon and over all public roads and state highways if it does not interfere with the public in the use of the public roads and state highways;
(iii) Enact ordinances necessary to exercise the powers granted in this article and establish rules and regulations for the conduction, maintenance and operation of any electric transmission line constructed, purchased, extended or maintained and providing for the rates to be charged consumers of electric current either for lights, power or other purposes and for their collection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-205 - Line Fund Established; Use.

15-7-205. Line fund established; use.
All funds derived from the sale of electricity or electric current shall be placed in a separate fund to be known as "electric line fund," and be used only for paying the expenses of operating, maintaining or extending the electric transmission line, including the transformers and other appurtenances necessary to its operation, until all of the bonds issued by the city or town for those purposes have been fully paid. However, any surplus in that fund, over and above the operating expenses and the expenses of extending and repairing the plants in any one (1) year, may be used to provide a sinking fund for the payment of bonds or to pay the interest or principal on the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-206 - Sale of Power Plant; Election Procedure; Ballot; Vote Required.

15-7-206. Sale of power plant; election procedure; ballot; vote required.
(a) If a written proposal to purchase a city or town owned works or plant for generating or distributing electrical energy for light, heat or power, is filed with the city or town clerk by any bona fide manufacturer or distributor of electricity in the state of Wyoming, the governing body, if in their judgment it appears to be in the best interests of the inhabitants of the city or town to sell the works or plant, may provide for submitting the question to the qualified electors of the city or town. The question shall be submitted to both property and nonproperty owners either at the next regular municipal election or at a special election called for that purpose. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other city or town elections, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b) The official ballot shall contain the words "For Sale of Municipal Light Plant" and "Against Sale of Municipal Light Plant" and shall have a square to the right of each proposition. The elector shall express his vote by putting a cross in the square opposite the proposition he favors. If a majority of the legal votes cast upon the proposition in each ballot box are for the sale, the proposition is approved by the people, and the governing body shall take appropriate proceedings to consummate the sale. If the majority of ballots in either box is against the proposed sale, it shall not be concluded.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-207 - Election Procedure; Notice.

15-7-207. Election procedure; notice.
If the governing body of the city or town decides to submit the question of the sale of the property to a vote of the qualified electors, they shall publish, for a period of at least three (3) weeks before the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, a notice specifying the amount of the bid and the general terms and conditions contained in the proposal. A copy of the notice shall be posted for three (3) weeks immediately preceding the election in three (3) public places in the city or town.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-208 - Contents of Proposal.

15-7-208. Contents of proposal.
In submitting a written proposal for the purchase of any municipally owned electric light or power plant, the prospective purchaser shall specify the amount of his bid and the general terms and conditions of his offer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 2 - Electric Current › Section 15-7-209 - Sale of Power Plant; Disposition of Monies Received.

15-7-209. Sale of power plant; disposition of monies received.
All monies received from the sale of property under this article shall be kept in a separate fund and be first used as necessary to pay current bills and unsecured obligations outstanding on account of the operation of the plant until it is turned over to the purchaser. The remainder of the proceeds of the sale shall be used for redemption of any bonds issued by the city or town for the purchase or erection and construction of the works or plant. The money shall not be expended or mixed with other funds of the city or town but shall be applied wholly towards the redemption of the bonds, together with the accumulated interest. If the property sold brings an amount in excess of the current bills, unsecured obligations and the outstanding bonds, the excess shall be placed in a sinking fund to retire any existing bonded indebtedness of the municipality. If there is no existing bonded indebtedness, the excess shall be placed in the municipal general fund and expended for general municipal purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 3 - Public Parks › Section 15-7-302 - Vacation From Public Use; Authorization.

15-7-302. Vacation from public use; authorization.
The governing body of any city or town may vacate from public use any public park or part thereof located within the corporate limits of the city or town in the manner provided in this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 3 - Public Parks › Section 15-7-303 - Vacation From Public Use; Hearing; Notice; Contents; Objections.

15-7-303. Vacation from public use; hearing; notice; contents; objections.
If the governing body considers it to be in the public interest to vacate any public park or part thereof from the public use to which it was dedicated, it shall set a time and place for a public hearing upon the proposal to vacate. Notice of the hearing shall be published for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper published in the county in which the city or town is located, or if there is no newspaper published in that county, then in a newspaper published in this state and of general circulation in that county. The notice shall contain a statement of the time, place and purpose of the hearing, the reason for the proposed vacation and shall provide that any person objecting to the proposed vacation shall file his objections with the city or town clerk in writing at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the hearing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 3 - Public Parks › Section 15-7-304 - Vacation From Public Use; Hearing; How Conducted; Order; Record.

15-7-304. Vacation from public use; hearing; how conducted; order; record.
Any resident of the city or town, having filed his objections, may appear at the hearing and protest the proposed vacation. Any other resident of the city or town may appear at the hearing and offer evidence in support of the proposed vacation. If the governing body then finds that the vacation of the property from public use is in the best interests of the city or town and its residents, it may order the vacation by ordinance. The record of the proceedings of the public hearing, including the findings of the governing body, shall be made a part of the minutes of the regular or special meeting of the governing body at which the hearing was conducted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 3 - Public Parks › Section 15-7-305 - Vacation From Public Use; Cessation of Duties; Disposal.

15-7-305. Vacation from public use; cessation of duties; disposal.
Upon the passage of an ordinance vacating the property from public use, the city or town is relieved of all obligations to the public for maintaining the property as a public park, and it may dispose of the property in any manner provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-401 - Establishment; Powers and Duties Generally.

15-7-401. Establishment; powers and duties generally.
Any city or town which owns and operates a municipal waterworks, a sanitary sewer system, a sewage disposal plant or an electric utility distribution system may establish a board of commissioners to be known as the board of public utilities. The board of public utilities shall manage, operate, maintain and control such plants and make all rules and regulations necessary for their safe, economical and efficient operation and management. The board may also improve, extend or enlarge the plants as provided in this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-402 - Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Removal of Members; Vacancies.

15-7-402. Appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; vacancies.
The board of public utilities shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the governing body. Members appointed shall be persons of business experience, not less than thirty (30) years of age, citizens of the United States and for five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment residents of the city or town. One (1) member of the board shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for a term of four (4) years and two (2) for a term of six (6) years. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years. Any member of the board may be removed by the mayor with the concurrence of the governing body for cause other than politics or religion after public hearing. The mayor shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term only.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-403 - Officers; Meetings; Records; Salaries.

15-7-403. Officers; meetings; records; salaries.
The board shall elect from their own number a president and a secretary and hold meetings at least once a month, and at the call of the president or three (3) members of the board. The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings, records and accounts of the board are public. Three (3) members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The salaries of the members of the board shall be fixed by ordinance, but may not exceed six hundred dollars ($600.00) each per year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-404 - Specific Powers and Duties; Vouchers; Civil Service or Pension System.

15-7-404. Specific powers and duties; vouchers; civil service or pension system.
(a) The board of public utilities has exclusive control of all municipally owned waterworks, sanitary sewer systems and sewage disposal plants, or any of them, as specified by ordinance. The board is charged with producing and supplying the city or town and its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes, and for public use, and may sell and dispose of any surplus outside of the city or town. The board may also furnish surplus sanitary sewer facilities to persons outside of the city or town.
(b) The board may:
(i) Hire and discharge all employees and agents of these departments and fix their compensation;
(ii) Purchase all machinery, tools and other appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the purposes of the departments;
(iii) In the name of the city or town take and hold by lease, purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise such franchises and property, either within or without the city or town, as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the board, including office space and equipment for carrying on the business of these departments;
(iv) Establish all reasonable rules and regulations to protect the rights and property vested in the city or town and under control of the board;
(v) Issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and accounts incurred by the board for its departments. When the vouchers or warrants are approved by the board the city or town treasurer shall pay and charge them against the proper funds.
(c) The board may:
(i) Provide for either civil service status or pension system, or both, for its employees, which shall be under the supervision and subject to the order of the board;
(ii) Withhold two percent (2%) of the wages of its employees to be placed in a fund to be known as "utilities department pension fund";
(iii) Set aside and place in the pension fund each month, an amount not to exceed three (3) times the total amount of two percent (2%) deducted each month from employees' wages for pension purposes.
(d) Disbursements from the pension fund shall be made in the same manner as other disbursements and payments made pursuant to this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-405 - Director of Utilities; Superintendent; Office Manager; Utility Attorney.

15-7-405. Director of utilities; superintendent; office manager; utility attorney.
(a) The board of public utilities may select and appoint and fix the salaries of the following persons, who serve at the board's pleasure:
(i) A director of utilities;
(ii) A superintendent;
(iii) An office manager; and
(iv) A utility attorney, who shall not be required to perform any service other than legal service.
(b) Each appointee shall:
(i) Be a competent person thoroughly qualified for his position by training and experience as the board requires;
(ii) Give a good and sufficient surety bond to the city or town in the sum fixed and approved by the board conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The cost of each bond shall be paid out of the revenue of these plants. If the board is operating more than one (1) plant the cost of the bond shall be paid pro rata out of the revenue of the plants;
(iii) Perform all duties as prescribed and required by the board.
(c) The director of utilities, if one is appointed, has general supervision over all activities, property and employees of the board. The board may delegate its authority to the director of utilities to make appointments, including those of office manager and superintendent, and to hire, promote, transfer, demote and discharge employees of the departments. He shall fix their salaries with the consent of the board.
(d) Under direction of the board and of the director of utilities, if one is appointed, the superintendent shall:
(i) Manage and control the water plant and its distribution system, the sanitary sewer system including sewage disposal plant or plants and the electric utility distribution system;
(ii) Supervise and inspect all parts of the plants and see that they are maintained in good condition for use and that all employees attend to their respective duties;
(iii) Keep in good repair all machinery and other property; and
(iv) Advise the board and director of utilities, if one is appointed, as to the needs of the plants.
(e) All employees, servants and agents of these plants, when appointed by the board, are under the immediate control and management of the director of utilities and the superintendent.
(f) Under direction of the board and of the director of utilities, if one is appointed, the office manager shall keep a regular set of books for the water department, the sanitary sewer department and the electric utility distribution system showing in detail their business transactions. Immediately following the close of each month he shall make any reports to the board, the director of utilities and the governing body of the city or town, as they require, showing the transactions of the preceding month and the financial conditions of the departments. The reports shall include a correct account of all collections, appropriations, expenditures and approved claims entitled to payment. The board may appoint assistants to the office manager as it deems necessary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-406 - Agents, Servants and Employees.

15-7-406. Agents, servants and employees.
(a) The board shall make all appointments and hire all agents, servants and employees of the departments, fix their compensation and determine their qualifications, considering only the relative capacity of applicants, their moral, physical and health qualifications and when appropriate, their qualifications for manual labor. All appointments shall be made on the basis of merit alone, and no appointment may be made on account of political services or affiliations. All agents, servants and employees shall hold their offices at the board's pleasure.
(b) The board may delegate the authority to hire, promote, transfer, demote and discharge its employees to a director of utilities, if one is appointed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-407 - Consumer Rates; Depreciation.

15-7-407. Consumer rates; depreciation.
(a) The board shall fix the rates for water, sanitary sewer services and electric service furnished to customers, and any revision thereof is subject to the local governing body's review, modification and approval. The rates shall secure an income sufficient to:
(i) Pay the interest charges and principal payments on all bonds issued to pay the purchase price, construction cost, extensions and enlargements of the respective systems as they are due;
(ii) Pay all salaries and wages of the officers and employees;
(iii) Cover the cost of all materials and supplies used in the operation of the plants;
(iv) Cover all miscellaneous expenses;
(v) Cover all usual extensions and enlargements, together with a reasonable allowance for emergency and unforeseen expenses; and
(vi) Provide and maintain a depreciation fund for each department.
(b) The board shall account for the depreciation of the water plant and of the sanitary sewer system, including sewage disposal plant or plants, using rates of depreciation approved by the board and the local governing body. The depreciation fund shall be used only to pay for replacements and additions to the waterworks, sanitary sewer systems and sewage disposal plants. Replacements and additions shall be capitalized and the capital value added to the value of the systems to establish the value of the plants for depreciation purposes. The local governing body may by ordinance fix special rates for water, electric or sanitary sewer services furnished to the governing body of the city or town for public purposes, or to organized institutions of charity, or to any person who is eligible for assistance under W.S. 39-11-109(c)(ii) through (vii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-408 - Use of Surplus Water or Sewage Funds.

15-7-408. Use of surplus water or sewage funds.
The board of public utilities shall use any surplus funds arising from the sale of water or sewage services for the purchase and cancellation of any bonds issued to pay the purchase price of the water or sewer plants or the cost of their construction, extension and enlargement. The board shall not pay for any bonds any sum greater than par, plus a premium of not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the face value on all unearned interest coupons attached to any bond purchased, or pay more than the actual market price of the bonds at the time of purchasing them. Any surplus after the purchase of bonds shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-409 - Meter Deposit Fund; Investment; Interest; Repayment.

15-7-409. Meter deposit fund; investment; interest; repayment.
The board of public utilities of any city or town engaged in the business of supplying water or electricity to its inhabitants which requires deposits to be made on water meters or electric meters furnished its customers, shall place all monies received from the deposits in a separate fund. The fund may be invested in securities as provided by law for trust funds of cities or towns. Any interest or income earned by or accruing to the fund, not otherwise pledged for the payment of general obligations or revenue bonds, may annually be transferred and paid into the general fund of the city or town. Any person who has made or makes a deposit on a water meter or electric meter is entitled only to the repayment of the principal amount of his deposit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-410 - Treasurer; Duties; Bond.

15-7-410. Treasurer; duties; bond.
The treasurer of the city or town is ex officio treasurer of the board of public utilities. All funds and property in his hands belonging to these departments are subject to the board's control, and he shall receive and receipt for the money collected by the employees of the board and pay out those funds when ordered by the board upon warrants signed by its president and countersigned by the office manager, certifying that the warrant is issued by the board's authority. He shall also cooperate with the office manager and supply him with official information to permit the making of the monthly reports provided for in W.S. 15-7-405, and any other information the board requires. As ex officio treasurer to the board, he shall give a surety bond in the sum approved by the board. The board shall pay the cost of the bond in the same manner as provided for other bonds in this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities › Section 15-7-412 - Additional Powers and Duties.

15-7-412. Additional powers and duties.
In so far as applicable the board of public utilities shall exercise all other powers and duties under acts and part of acts relating to water plants and sanitary sewer systems, including sewage disposal plants, in cities and towns.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-501 - Definition.

15-7-501. Definition.
As used in this article, "sewerage system" means a sewerage treatment plant, or plants, collecting, intercepting and outlet sewers, force mains, conduits, pumping stations, ejector stations and all other appurtenances or improvements, or any of them, necessary or useful and convenient for the collection, treatment and disposal, in a sanitary manner, of sewage and industrial wastes.