Definitions.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-122
in effectSec. 18-122. - Definitions.
For purposes of this division 1., the following terms shall have the following meaning:
(a) Employee means any employee of the city and county of Denver within the meaning of section 1.2.11 of the Charter, including employees in the career service and employees not in the career service.
(b) Officer means any of the following:
(1) Elected Charter officers; mayor, auditor; clerk and recorder; and members of the city council.
(2) Appointed Charter officers; manager of public health and environment, manager of transportation and infrastructure, city attorney, manager of safety, manager of finance, manager of parks and recreation, manager of general services, manager of human services, manager of aviation, manager of community planning and development, and manager of licensing and consumer protection.
(c) City means the city and county of Denver, a municipal corporation created by and operating by virtue of Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado.
(d) Paid time off (PTO) bank means a depository where an officer's or employee's monthly PTO leave benefit is deposited and stored for future use.
(e) Immediate family member means spouse, partner in a civil union or domestic partner ("partner"), child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, child-in-law, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, and the child, parent, or sibling of the partner. The terms child, parent, and sibling shall apply equally to relationships by birth, adoption, marriage, foster care, or guardianship (e.g. step-children and step-parents). Child shall also include children for whom the officer or employee or the officer's or employee's spouse or partner provide day-to-day care or financial support, and a child lost through stillbirth.
(f) Special leave bank means a depository where an officer or employee who converts to PTO from receiving paid sick and vacation leave may store vacation leave and up to one-half of sick leave earned prior to February 1, 2010, that has been converted to PTO.
(Ord. No. 634-09, § 3, 11-2-09; Ord. No. 427-18, § 11, 6-11-18; Ord. No. 601-19, § 1, 7-15-19; Ord. No. 39-20, § 24, 2-3-20; Ord. No. 1003-25, § 10, 7-28-25)
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_ARTVLEHO_DIV1PATIOF_S18-122DEFetched: 10/27/2026