§ 15-6-405 — Assessments; roll; preparation and filing; hearing; notice; action by governing body; objections; amendments; certification

Wyoming § 15-6-405

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 15: Cities and Towns
• Ch. 6: LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
• Art. 4: ASSESSMENTS AND BONDS GENERALLY

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(a) When an assessment roll for local improvements has
been prepared, it shall be filed with the clerk of the city or
town. The governing body shall then fix a date for hearing upon
the roll before it and direct the clerk to give notice of the
time and place of the hearing. Any person may object to the
roll in writing and file the objections with the clerk on or
before the date of the hearing. At the time and place fixed and
at such other times to which the hearing may be continued, the
governing body shall sit as a board of equalization to consider
the roll. At the hearing or hearings, the governing body will
consider the objections or any part thereof, and correct,
revise, raise, lower, change or modify the roll or any part
thereof, or set it aside and order that the roll assessments be
made de novo, in a manner appearing just and equitable, and then
proceed to confirm the roll by ordinance. The notice of the
hearing shall be published at least twice, by two (2) weekly
publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the city
or town. However, at least fifteen (15) days must elapse
between the date of the first publication and the date fixed for
the hearing.
(b) The notice shall also be given by the clerk, or his
deputy by deposit of the notice, at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date fixed for hearing, in the United States mails,
postage prepaid, as first class mail, addressed to the last
known owner or owners of each tract being assessed at their last
known addresses. In the absence of fraud the failure to mail
any notice does not invalidate any assessment or any proceedings
under this chapter. Any list of names or addresses pertaining
to any district may be revised from time to time, but it need
not be revised more frequently than at twelve (12) month
intervals. Any mailing of notice prescribed by this chapter
shall be verified by the affidavit or certificate of the person
mailing the notice, and the verification shall be retained in
the records of the city or town at least until all assessments
and bonds pertaining thereto have been paid in full.
(c) All objections to the roll shall state clearly the
grounds of objections and unless made within the time and in the
manner prescribed are conclusively presumed to have been waived.
If any roll is amended so as to raise any assessments or to
include omitted property, a new time and place for hearing and a
new notice of hearing on the amended roll shall be fixed and
given as in the case of an original hearing. However, if any
property has been entered originally upon the roll and the
assessment upon the property has not been raised, no objections
thereto may be considered by the governing body or by any court
on appeal, unless they were made in writing at or before the
date fixed for the original hearing. When an assessment roll is
confirmed, it shall be certified to by the city clerk and
transmitted to the city treasurer for collection.