Government of Denver

Denver is a consolidated city-county with an elected mayor, thirteen-member city council, auditor, and clerk and recorder.

The thirteen-member Denver City Council is responsible for passing and changing all laws, resolutions, and ordinances, usually after a public hearing.

[3] As clerk they are responsible for publication of the charter and municipal code, City Council minutes, agendas, ordinances, and resolutions, the Mayor's executive orders, and compiling rules and regulations enacted by Denver agencies.

The current director of public safety is Armando Saldate, who joined the city in 2014 with the Denver Sheriff's Department.

[7] The Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure (DOTI), formerly the Department of Public Works (DPW), manages road maintenance and repair, parking enforcement, trash collection services, and design and construction management of streets, bridges, and public buildings.

[8][9] Denver courts are located both in the City and County Building, and in the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse.

It is supervised by the five-member Board of Water Commissioners, whose members are appointed by the mayor of Denver to six-year terms.

[14][15] The Denver Housing Authority was created by the Council in 1938 and its first commissioners were appointed by the Mayor on 2 September 1938.

Pursuant to its charter, the Council has promulgated numerous local ordinances which have been codified in the Denver Revised Municipal Code (DRMC).

Industrialists now moving west with innovation and big business were witness to Denver's political value, and more importantly, venue.

Conquering the west is considered to be no easy challenge politically, and still an important asset.

The boxer-turned-activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales formed an organization called the Crusade for Justice, which battled police brutality, fought for bilingual education, and, most notably, hosted the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in March 1969.

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is the regional authority operating public transit services in eight counties that have delegated transit public services to the multi-county district, of a total of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area.

RTD is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors, elected to four-year terms within specific constituency districts.

hospitals and services in the region, is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors who are appointed for five years by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.