Incentive payments and recognition bonuses subject to prior appropriation.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-73
in effectSec. 18-73. - Incentive payments and recognition bonuses subject to prior appropriation.
(a) The city council may provide annually for performance-based incentive payments to be administered pursuant to section 18-74 by including within the annual appropriation ordinance an appropriation for incentive pay. Any annual budget submitted by the mayor to the council and proposing any performance-based incentive payments shall clearly express the amount to be appropriated for this purpose both in a dollar amount, and as a percentage of the overall amount to be appropriated for personal services. The maximum lawful incentive payment amount any individual employee may earn shall be no more than double the percentage amount thus approved in the budget, calculated as a percentage of the employee's annual rate of pay. Payment of incentive payments are subject to the provisions of section 18-74.
(b) As to incentive payments, without the need for further city council action or appropriation, the mayor is hereby authorized to make incentive payments from efficiency savings realized by a department or agency of the city in accordance with subsection 18-75(b), to the extent the department or agency does not exceed the amount previously appropriated for expenditure by the department or agency, subject to the provisions of section 18-74.
(c) As to recognition bonus payments, without the need for further city council action or appropriation, the mayor is hereby empowered to authorize recognition bonus payments in accordance with section 18-76 to the extent the department or agency does not exceed amounts previously appropriated for expenditure by the department or agency.
(Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 862-06, § 1, 12-26-06; Ord. No. 101-07, § 1, 3-5-07)
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_ARTIICLPAPL_DIV4INPAREBO_S18-73INPAREBOSUPRAPFetched: 10/27/2026