Longevity pay.
Denver City Charter, art. IX, § 9.4.10
in effect§ 9.4.10 - Longevity pay.
In addition to the annual salaries for members in the Classified Service of the Fire and Police Departments as fixed by Charter provisions, and in addition to the salary or compensation provided by ordinance for the Chief of Police, there shall be paid periodically as salary to each member of each such department who shall have served in the department of which he or she is such member for five years or more and to the Chief of Police if the chief is also a member of the Classified Service, calculated as follows: Two hundred and eighty-eight dollars per annum prorated to a periodic rate geared to the pay period if the individual shall have so served five years, and an additional four dollars for each full year of such service thereafter, similarly prorated. After the completion of twenty-five years of such service, the additional salary provided by this paragraph, to be paid periodically during the year, shall continue during the active service of such member at the rate of $1,200, and no more than $1,200, per annum. The additional salary provided in this paragraph is an addition to salary in rank in the Fire Department and the Police Department and shall be considered or included in determining or computing the pension or retirement benefits of members of either department retired or retiring after the effective date of this amendment. Any collective bargaining agreement between the City and the bargaining agent entered into pursuant to Part 8 of this Article IX that conflicts with or modifies the provisions of this Section shall supersede this Section.
(Charter 1960, C5.48; amended June 3, 1958; amended September 8, 1964; amended March 20, 1995; amended November 3, 1998; Ord. No. 428-02, § 1, 6-3-02, elec. 8-13-02)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIHORU_SUBTITLE_BCH_ARTIXEM_PT4CLSEGEPR_S9.4.10LOPAFetched: 10/27/2026