Government
Laramie has a council-manager form of government. The council, the city's legislative body, consists of nine members who serve overlapping four-year terms. The council members set policy, approve budgets, pass ordinances, appoint citizen volunteers to advisory boards, and oversee the city staff. The current Laramie City Council membership and contacts are here: Laramie, WY City Council
Two members of the council hold at-large seats, and seven are elected from city wards, one per ward. The council picks a mayor and vice-mayor once every two years at the first council meeting in January. The mayor as of 2011 is Scott Mullner, and Karl McCraken is the vice-mayor.
Laramie is the county seat of Albany County and houses county offices, courts, and the county library.
Owing to the presence of the University of Wyoming, voters in Albany County and the City of Laramie support the Democratic Party in elections with much more frequency than does the state of Wyoming as a whole.
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