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City Budget Review

City Attorney budget, fiscal year 2022

City Attorney spent $7.4M in fiscal year 2022 — 2.1% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 9th-largest share.

Spending

$7.4M

2.1% of city spending

Revenue

$5.9M

Salaries

$2.1M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

City Attorney spending by category, fiscal year 2022
CategoryTotal
Claim Settlement$2.1M28% · 184 lines
General Insurance Admin$2.0M27% · 10 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.8M25% · 148 lines
Municipal Firefighters Cancer$367K5.0% · 1 line
Benefits-ASRS$250K3.4% · 150 lines
Paid Time Off$177K2.4% · 118 lines
Benefits-FICA$121K1.6% · 150 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$104K1.4% · 100 lines
36 other categories$493K6.7%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

City Attorney revenue by category, fiscal year 2022
CategoryTotal
General Insurance Reimbursment$3.2M54% · 1 line
Workers Comp Contribution Empr$1.7M29% · 1 line
Ins Claims Reimb Reimbursment$856K15% · 1 line
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev$118K2.0% · 2 lines
Interest Income Rev$26K0.4% · 2 lines
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$11K0.2% · 1 line
State Grant Revenue$2Kless than 0.1% · 1 line
Auction Revenue$27.50less than 0.1% · 2 lines

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest City Attorney payments, fiscal year 2022
DescriptionFundAmount
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2022The largest of 5 such lines among the top 15Workers' Compensation$541,891.85
General Insurance AdminSep 7, 2021The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Risk Management - Int Svc$428,320.00
Municipal Firefighters CancerNov 3, 2021Workers' Compensation$366,916.02
General Insurance AdminJul 14, 2021Workers' Compensation$234,785.00
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Risk Management - Int Svc$187,935.79
Full-Time SalariesJun 30, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$49,250.54

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest City Attorney revenue lines, fiscal year 2022
DescriptionFundAmount
General Insurance ReimbursmentRisk Management - Int Svc$3,176,799.96
Workers Comp Contribution EmprWorkers' Compensation$1,706,358.22
Ins Claims Reimb ReimbursmentRisk Management - Int Svc$856,328.56
Unrealized Gain Loss RevRisk Management - Int Svc$67,591.19
Unrealized Gain Loss RevWorkers' Compensation$50,315.02
Interest Income RevRisk Management - Int Svc$14,672.86
Interest Income RevWorkers' Compensation$11,604.73
Recovery of PY Expense-RevWorkers' Compensation$11,071.37
State Grant RevenueGrants$1,522.00
Auction RevenueGeneral Fund$21.00
Auction RevenueRisk Management - Int Svc$6.50

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

City Attorney salary totals by division, fiscal year 2022
DivisionPublished total
Civil$1,043,664.96
Criminal$733,929.04
Risk Management$216,000.20
Workers Compensation$64,523.68

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2019, $2.1M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$1.6M
  2. 2020$1.9M
  3. 2021$2.3M
  4. 2022$2.1M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.