§ 15-4-202 — Employees; manager; employment, salary, vacancy; attorney; other positions; salaries, duties; municipal judges; experts; exception

Wyoming § 15-4-202

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 15: Cities and Towns
• Ch. 4: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: CITY MANAGER

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(a) The governing body, as soon as possible after the
first election, shall employ a city manager and a city attorney
and fix their salaries. The city manager shall receive no other
or additional salary for the performance of any of the duties
required of him as city manager. The city manager is an
employee and serves at the pleasure of the governing body. His
salary may be changed from year to year, and his employment may
be terminated at any time by a majority vote of the governing
body.
(b) The manager shall give thirty (30) days notice in
writing to the governing body before resigning from his
position. If the position is vacant for any reason, the
governing body shall immediately proceed to employ another
person. If there is a delay in securing a new manager, the
governing body shall immediately appoint an acting manager to
fill the vacancy on an interim basis. He shall qualify the same
as the manager and shall be vested with authority and charged
with the duties and responsibilities of the manager until a
manager is employed and qualified.
(c) The governing body may fix the salaries for the
various offices in the city to be paid in twelve (12) or more
installments per year.
(i) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(v) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(vi) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(vii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(viii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(ix) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(x) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(xi) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 8, § 2.
(d) The governing body shall appoint one (1) or more
municipal judges with jurisdiction to hear and determine all
cases arising under the ordinances of the city or town. The
rules of practice before the municipal judges shall conform as
nearly as possible to the provisions of the justice code
concerning complaints, continuances and trial, but no change of
venue may be granted in any case.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
manager may require any appointive officers and any employees to
perform duties and services in one (1) or more departments of
the city or town. No person shall receive compensation in
addition to the salary of his position for the performance of
any required duties. The city attorney is not required to
perform any service other than legal service. In cities and
towns having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000),
policemen and firemen are not required to perform any service
other than that normally considered to be within their
departments. Salaries of the members of the police and fire
departments shall be established in conformity with the civil
service laws of the state and ordinances of the city applicable
to those departments.
(f) The governing body may employ experts to perform
unusual or special service upon the recommendation of the
manager or otherwise. Subject to equal qualifications,
preference shall be given to bona fide residents of the city or
town in employing applicants for positions.
(g) Except for the city manager, attorney and municipal
judges, all employees shall be employed by the city manager, be
selected on merit and serve at his pleasure. He shall fix their
salaries by and with the consent of the governing body. Nothing
in this section shall be construed as affecting or superseding
the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.