Municipal Services - Spiro is governed by a 5-member board of trustees elected for 4 year terms. The chairman, elected by the other members, acts as Mayor. The trustees also serve as the directors for the Spiro Municipal Utility Improvement Authority. The City also employs a Town Administrator and Director of Economic Development.

There is a 5 person, full-time police department with 24-hour radio-dispatched patrol cars.

The Spiro Fire Department is a 15 person volunteer unit with 24 hour pager dispatch system through the county 911 system. The fire department has a 1500 gpm pumper, a 750 gpm pumper and a 1 ton quick response unit. They have two grass fire units and a service truck for multi-purpose uses. The department also has a rescue unit equiped with the " Jaws of Life". Three Spiro fireman are first responders and assist the LeFlore County EMS on local calls. The fire department is very proud to have earned a fire class of 5 for in town homes and businesses and a rural rating class of 9.

Spiro has a full garbage pickup service and hard-surfaced streets.

Spiro operates its own EPA-Approved chemical sewage system treatment plant and collection system capable of handing the projected population, and related industrial growth, for the next 25 years, Sewer rates are charged on water usage with special rates set up for manufacturing and industrial services.

Spiro has a city-owned industrial parks with all utility services for small industrial developments already in place. There is a second privately-owned area adjacent to the railroad line, designated for industrial development as well as several other areas available for development of both industrial and residential areas with a 3-mile radius of town.