Vacation leave.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-104
in effectSec. 18-104. - Vacation leave.
(a) Effective January 1, 2008:
(1) Eligible deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff shall receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave for each full calendar month of service with the city, for the first five (5) years of service within the career service.
(2) Eligible deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff shall receive ten (10) hours of vacation leave for each full calendar month of service with the city for the sixth through the tenth consecutive year of service within the career service.
(3) Eligible deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff shall receive twelve (12) hours of vacation leave for each full calendar month of service for the eleventh through the fifteenth consecutive years of service within the career service.
(4) After the completion of fifteen (15) consecutive years of service, eligible deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff all employees shall receive fourteen (14) hours of vacation leave for each full month of service within the career service.
(b) Credits for less than a full month of service. Deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff in a full-time position who work less than a full calendar month shall receive prorated vacation leave in accordance with the following schedule based on a pay period:
(1) Under forty (40) hours—No vacation leave.
(2) Forty (40) through fifty-nine (59) hours—Half of vacation leave authorized by subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.
(3) Sixty (60) through seventy-nine (79) hours—Three-fourths of vacation leave authorized by subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.
(4) Eighty (80) hours or more—Entire amount of vacation leave authorized by subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.
(c) Maximum. A maximum of two hundred eighty-eight (288) hours of vacation leave is accruable to an employee who has up to ten (10) years of service within the career service, and three hundred thirty-six (336) hours of vacation leave to an employee who has ten (10) or more years of service within the career service.
(d) Granting vacation leave. The appointing authority shall grant vacation leave in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) Vacation leave shall be granted only to deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the undersheriff who have been deputy sheriffs continuously for at least six (6) months.
(2) Vacation leave shall be granted each calendar year unless the appointing authority defers a deputy sheriff major's, a deputy sheriff division chief's, or the undersheriff's vacation leave because of unusual work requirements. An employee's vacation shall not be deferred to the extent that vacation leave credits are lost.
(3) Vacation leave shall not be granted in advance of accrual.
(e) Transfer of vacation leave credits. If a deputy sheriff major, deputy sheriff division chief, or the undersheriff transfers from one (1) agency or classification to another agency or classification within the career service, vacation leave shall be transferred with the employee and the accrued vacation time shall include the continuous length of service accumulated in another agency and classification within the career service.
(Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 381-08, § 4, 7-21-08)
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_ARTIVSHCOPA_S18-104VALEFetched: 10/27/2026