Wyoming, MI Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

Sec. 2-401 establishes the commission "for the purpose of preserving and presenting pertinent historical material and information of historical value to the present and future residents of the City of Wyoming," adopted by Ord. No. 9-11, § 1, on 9-19-11. Sec. 2-402 lets the commission organize as a Michigan nonprofit corporation, with bylaws subject to city council approval. Sec. 2-403 sets membership at not less than five and not more than nine members, appointed by the mayor with council approval for staggered three-year terms, with room for additional nonvoting members.

Sec. 2-404 funds the commission through fundraising, grants, and gifts, plus optional city contributions, and requires an annual accounting to the city and, on request, to the city finance director. Sec. 2-405 addresses commission property: on dissolution, all assets must pass to the City of Wyoming or a 501(c)(3) organization the city approves. Sec. 2-406 lets the city provide staff support at its discretion, and Sec. 2-407 lets the commission hire its own employees, who are not city employees and cannot include compensated commission members.

None of Sec. 2-401 through 2-407 gives the commission certificate-of-appropriateness, demolition-review, or landmark-designation power over private property, so Wyoming's historic-preservation framework is organizational and archival rather than regulatory.