SF0081 - Publication of county and municipal salaries.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0153.E1 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0081

 

 

Publication of county and municipal salaries.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Larson, Devin and Peck and
Representative(s) Law and Shivler

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to local governments; requiring cities,
 2  towns, counties and school districts to include fringe
 3  benefits when publishing salaries of public officials and
 4  employees; and providing for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 15-1-110(a), (b)(i) and (ii),
 9  18-3-516(a), (b)(i) and (ii) and 21-3-110(a)(ii)(intro) and
10  (A) are amended to read:

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12         15-1-110.  Minutes of meetings and titles of
13  ordinances passed to be published; exception; contents;
14  publication of names, benefits, salaries and wages of
15  specified officials and employees; "department head"
16  defined.

 

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 2         (a)  The governing body of any city or town shall
 3  designate a legal newspaper and publish once therein the
 4  minutes of all regular and special meetings of the
 5  governing body and the titles of all ordinances passed. If
 6  a newspaper is not published in the city or town the
 7  proceedings or ordinances shall be posted for at least ten
 8  (10) days in the city or town clerk's office and in such
 9  other places as the governing body determines. The clerk of
10  each city or town shall within twelve (12) days after
11  adjournment of every meeting, furnish the newspaper a copy
12  of the proceedings of the meeting. Except for fringe
13  benefits, salaries and wages published under subsection (b)
14  of this section, the copy shall include any bill presented
15  to the governing body stating the amount of the bill, the
16  amount allowed, the purpose of the bill and the claimant.
17  Claims for part-time employees may be summarized by
18  department without listing each part-time employee. The
19  newspaper shall publish the copy of proceedings within nine
20  (9) days after receipt.

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22         (b)  A city or town required to publish minutes under
23  subsection (a) of this section shall separately publish:

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 1              (i)  During January and July of each year, the
 2  name, position,and gross monthly salary, fringe benefits
 3  as specified in this paragraph, fringe benefits for the
 4  previous year and the difference between the two, of each
 5  chief administrative official, assistant administrative
 6  official and department head including elected officials.
 7  The publication shall also include a list of all other
 8  full-time positions employed by the city or town without
 9  the name of the current employee, including the gross
10  monthly salary, fringe benefits as specified in this
11  paragraph, fringe benefits for the previous year and the
12  difference between the two, for each position. A brief
13  statement shall accompany the salary publication specifying
14  that all salaries are listed as gross monthly salaries or
15  actual monthly wages, not including any all fringe benefits
16  such as of health insurance costs, life insurance benefits
17  and pension plans. The statement shall also indicate that
18  the salaries or wages do not include any overtime the
19  employee may earn which would be paid by the city or town;
20  and

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22              (ii)  During March of each year, a complete list
23  of all chief administrative officials, assistant
24  administrative officials, elected officials, department

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 1  heads and full-time employees of the city or town specified
 2  by name and position, excluding salaries and fringe
 3  benefits.

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 5         18-3-516.  Publication of proceedings; publication of
 6  names, salaries and wages of certain officials and
 7  employees.

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 9         (a)  Each board of county commissioners shall publish
10  the entire proceedings of all regular and special meetings
11  held by them one (1) time in a newspaper published in the
12  county, if any. The county clerk of each county shall
13  within twelve (12) days after adjournment of every meeting,
14  furnish the paper with a copy of the proceedings. Except
15  for fringe benefits, salaries and wages published under
16  subsection (b) of this section, the copy shall include any
17  bill presented to the board stating the amount of the bill,
18  the amount allowed, the purpose of the bill and the
19  claimant. Claims for part-time employees may be summarized
20  by department without listing each part-time employee. The
21  newspaper shall publish the copy of proceedings within nine
22  (9) days after receipt. The board shall if practicable
23  publish notice of the time of all regular and special
24  meetings.

 

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 2         (b)  Each board of county commissioners shall publish
 3  separate from the minutes of the proceedings:

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 5              (i)  During January and July of each year, the
 6  name, position,and gross monthly salary, fringe benefits
 7  as specified in this paragraph, fringe benefits for the
 8  previous year and the difference between the two, of each
 9  chief administrative official, assistant administrative
10  official and department head including those officials and
11  department heads of boards and departments funded by the
12  board of county commissioners and elected officials. The
13  publication shall also include a list of all other full-
14  time positions employed by the county without the name of
15  the current employee, including the gross monthly salary,
16  fringe benefits as specified in this paragraph, fringe
17  benefits for the previous year and the difference between
18  the two, for each position. A brief statement shall
19  accompany the salary publication specifying that all
20  salaries are listed as gross monthly salaries or actual
21  monthly wages, not including any all fringe benefits such
22  as of health insurance costs, life insurance benefits and
23  pension plans. The statement shall also indicate that the

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 1  salaries or wages do not include any overtime the employee
 2  may earn which would be paid by the county; and

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 4              (ii)  During March of each year, a complete list
 5  of all chief administrative officials, assistant
 6  administrative officials, elected officials, department
 7  heads and full-time employees of the county specified by
 8  name and position, excluding salaries and fringe benefits.

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10         21-3-110.  Duties of boards of trustees.

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12         (a)  The board of trustees in each school district
13  shall:

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15              (ii)  Keep minutes of all meetings at which
16  official action is taken and a record of all official acts
17  including a record of all warrants issued against the
18  monies belonging to the school district. The minutes and
19  records shall be public records. A list of each warrant
20  over five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be published one
21  (1) time in a legal newspaper of general circulation within
22  the respective county within thirty (30) days of the date
23  of the meeting. Individual yearly gross salary payments,
24  fringe benefits, fringe benefits for the previous year and

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 1  the difference between the two, need be published only once
 2  in March of each year:

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 4                   (A)  Each individual annual gross salary
 5  shall be identified by category and each individual salary
 6  shall be published as a gross dollar amount without
 7  identification other than by category.  Categories shall
 8  include superintendent, assistant superintendent, high
 9  school principal, assistant high school principal, junior
10  high principal, junior high assistant principals,
11  elementary principals, elementary assistant principals,
12  first grade teachers, second grade teachers, third grade
13  teachers, fourth grade teachers, fifth grade teachers,
14  sixth grade teachers, kindergarten teachers, high school
15  departmental teachers (business, language arts, foreign
16  languages, science, social studies, mathematics, or other),
17  vocal music, instrumental music, elementary music,
18  secondary art, elementary art, secondary physical
19  education, elementary physical education, vocational
20  education, secondary guidance counselors, secondary
21  librarians, elementary librarians, driver education,
22  special education teachers, remedial teachers, nurses,
23  teacher's aides, head coaches, assistant coaches,
24  dramatics, secondary secretarial, junior high secretarial,

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 1  elementary secretarial, business managers, janitorial, bus
 2  drivers, and other categories which may be selected so that
 3  every individual salary may be categorized.  Fringe
 4  benefits provided pursuant to W.S. 21-7-301 for each
 5  category shall be identified.  Each category shall show a
 6  cumulative subtotal and there shall be a grand total of all
 7  categories.  At the end of the salary publication there
 8  shall be printed the district salary schedule;

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10         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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12                         (END)

 

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