Employment and supervision of family members.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-59
in effectSec. 2-59. - Employment and supervision of family members.
The purpose of this section is to avoid favoritism by city officers, employees or officials to their immediate family members.
(a) Unless they obtain a waiver pursuant to section 2-54, no officer, official, or employee shall appoint or hire a member of their immediate family for any type of employment, including, but not limited to, full time employment, part time employment, permanent employment, temporary employment, and contract employment.
(b) No officer, official, or employee shall supervise or be in a direct line of supervision over a member of their immediate family. If an officer, official, or employee comes into a direct line of supervision of a member of their immediate family, they shall have six (6) months to come into compliance or to obtain a waiver pursuant to section 2-54.
(c) When waivers from this section are sought so that a member of the immediate family may be hired or may be in the direct line of supervision, it is the intent of the council that the board of ethics not unreasonably withhold waivers. Examples of circumstances which might result in a waiver include, but are not limited to:
(1) The family member who is proposed to be hired was certified through a competitive process conducted pursuant to law and the officer, official, or employee who would make the appointment did not influence or affect the certification.
(2) The officer, official, or employee who would officially make the appointment is acting ministerially and did not select the family member or attempt to influence the person who did.
(3) The family member who would be in the line of supervision was already working in the agency before the officer, official, or employee came into the line of supervision, and the officer, official, or employee can and will abstain from participating in any personnel actions involving the family member.
(d) The phrase "direct line of supervision" shall mean the supervisor of an employee and the supervisor of an employee's supervisor.
(Ord. No. 96-01, § 1, 1-29-01; Ord. No. 931-04, § 7, 9-7-04; Ord. No. 698-09, § 4, 11-30-09; Ord. No. 401-21, § 1, 4-26-21)
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_CH2AD_ARTIVCOET_S2-59EMSUFAMEFetched: 10/27/2026