Incorporated Towns

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, ch. 2
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 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.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026