2018 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.
