Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, his administration, and every Denver City Council member except Candi CdeBaca agreed to take eight furlough days in 2020, as required by other city employees, to cut costs related to the coronavirus.

“Council members stand united with City employees,” Council President Jolon Clark said in a statement Thursday. “Taking these furlough days helps the City by returning our income for those days, but also demonstrates our support for the dedicated employees who continue to work hard through the pandemic and now face mandatory unpaid leave.”

The furloughs will help save the city $16 million as it braces for a revenue loss of $226 million caused by economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak.

City employees, including City Council staff, will be required to take the furlough days, which have been scheduled for July 6, Sept. 4, Oct. 19, the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, The Denver Post reports. The other three days can be taken upon employees’ choosing.

“The City Charter does not permit changes to the salaries of elected officials, upward or downward, except in the months prior to city elections when they are set for the succeeding four years,” the council’s Thursday news release stated. “Because of that, the alternative is for elected officials to reimburse the City’s general fund for the equivalent of eight days of post-tax salary. Council will work closely with City budget officials to track the economic recovery.”

CdeBaca said refused to the action, telling Westword on Thursday that she “refuses personally to give any dollars back to a general fund being so grossly mismanaged.”

She is expected to release a press release about her stance later Thursday afternoon.

This story is developing and will be updated.