Definitions.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-430.1
in effectSec. 18-430.1. - Definitions.
(a) Definitions and terms used in this division are elaborated below:
(1) Active employment shall mean the period when a person is employed part-time or full-time but shall exclude any person employed on a seasonal, contractual, or on-call basis or any person who is retired from the plan and is rehired by the employer. Active employment shall also mean the period when a person is on an approved paid leave of absence.
(2) Beneficiary shall mean the person or persons designated in writing by the DROP II participant (if no one is designated, then the estate of the participant).
(3) Board shall mean the retirement board, which serves as the board of trustees for the Denver Employees Retirement Plan as described in division 2 of this article.
(4) DROP II account shall mean the participant's individual new five-year deferred-retirement-option-plan account designed under this division and administered by the plan.
(5) FMLA shall mean the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
(6) Internal Revenue Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(7) Member shall mean an active member of the Denver Employees Retirement Plan as described in division 2 of this article. It shall exclude a retired member who is receiving any retirement benefit under the plan provisions. It shall also exclude any group of employees who may be re-employed and receiving a retirement benefit.
(8) Normal retirement shall mean retirement at the earlier of the age of sixty-five (65) or the first day of any calendar month after which a member has attained his or her fifty-fifth (55th) birthday and where the member's age and credited service, while an active member, are or were equal to the sum of seventy-five (75). The rule of 75 means that age after which the member has attained his or her fifty-fifth (55th) birthday where he or she can retire without a reduction in his/her retirement benefit as would have been required for an early retirement. The rule of 75 is determined by adding the age of the employee while employed with the employer to the years of service as an employee with the employer. If the total equals or exceeds the sum of seventy-five (75) then the requirements for the rule of 75 have been met. The rule of 75 must be attained by the member prior to termination of employment.
(9) Participant shall mean a person enrolled in DROP II and having a DROP II account.
(10) Plan or retirement plan shall mean the Denver Employees Retirement Plan as described in division 2 of this article.
(11) Retiree shall mean a participant who terminates DROP under either division 3 of this article or DROP II and is eligible for a distribution of retirement benefits under the plan, DROP, or DROP II.
(12) Retirement benefit or benefits shall mean any benefit payment to retired members, qualified spouses, beneficiaries, or dependents as provided under the plan according to division 2 of this article.
(13) USERRA shall mean Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act of 1994.
(b) Any other phrase or term not defined or elaborated above shall be explained or interpreted by the board in its rules, regulations, policies and procedures adopted to administer DROP II. The plan administrators shall maintain discretionary authority to interpret ambiguous terms and make factual determinations regarding the administration of DROP II.
(Ord. No. 960-05, § 1, 12-19-05)
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=TITIIREMUCO_CH18EMOFPABE_ARTXIIRE_DIV4ANAMDEREOPPLDRIIMEDEEMREPL_S18-430.1DEFetched: 10/27/2026