Definitions.
Denver City Charter, art. IX, § 9.10.2
in effect§ 9.10.2 - Definitions.
As used in this Section, the following terms shall, unless the context requires a different interpretation, have the following meanings:
(A) "Bargaining agent" means an employee organization chosen by the bargaining unit pursuant to Section 9.10.5
(B) "Bargaining-eligible employees" means non-supervisory and non-confidential employees comprising of the Career Service as defined in Section 9.1.1 (E) and employees of the City Council, Library Commission, Civil Service Commission, Board of Adjustment, and the Board of Water Commissioners, but excluding Deputy Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriff Majors, Deputy Sheriff Division Chiefs, and Career Service employees of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority.
(C) "Bargaining unit" means a group of two or more bargaining-eligible employees as determined pursuant to Section 9.10.4 for the purposes of representation by a bargaining agent.
(D) "Confidential employee" means an employee who assists and acts in a confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine, and effectuate management policies in the field of labor relations and shall have the same meaning and be interpreted in the same manner as that term is used in the National Labor Relation Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169, as amended.
(E) "Corporate Authority" means the Mayor and City Council for employees, other than those of the Denver County Court, comprising the Career Service as defined in Section 9.1.1 (E), employees of the City Council, employees of the Civil Service Commission, and employees of the Board of Adjustment. The Library Commission and the Board of Water Commissioners shall be the Corporate Authority for their respective employees and the Presiding Judge shall be the Corporate Authority for employees of the Denver County Court.
(F) "Employee organization" means an organization of any kind in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of negotiating with the Corporate Authority on labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment as provided in this Part 10. An employee organization shall not include an organization initiated, created, or dominated by the Corporate Authority or any organization acting on behalf of the Corporate Authority.
(G) "Executive employees" means bargaining-eligible employees of the Mayor, the Managers making up the Mayor's cabinet and all other bargaining-eligible employees employed in executive offices, agencies, and departments under control of the Mayor.
(H) "Supervisory employee" means any employee having authority, in the interest of the applicable Corporate Authority, to direct, hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees.
(Ord. No. 0716-24, § 1, 7-15-24, elec. 11-5-24; Ord. No. 1002-25, § 1, 7-28-25, elec. 11-4-25)
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=TITIHORU_SUBTITLE_BCH_ARTIXEM_PT10COBACEEM_S9.10.2DEFetched: 10/27/2026