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City Budget Review

City Clerk budget, fiscal year 2022

City Clerk spent $905K in fiscal year 2022 — 0.3% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 17th-largest share.

Spending

$905K

0.3% of city spending

Revenue

$228K

Salaries

$417K

Divisions

1

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$380K42% · 60 lines
Prof Svc-Election Expense$198K22% · 1 line
Paid Time Off$63K7.0% · 42 lines
Benefits-ASRS$57K6.3% · 60 lines
Advertising Expense$42K4.6% · 13 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$40K4.5% · 50 lines
Benefits-FICA$27K2.9% · 60 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$13K1.5% · 25 lines
22 other categories$84K9.3%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Passport Fees$214K94% · 1 line
Miscellaneous Revenue$14K6.1% · 1 line
Election Fine$390.000.2% · 1 line
Map-Publication Sales Rev$233.900.1% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Election ExpenseDec 14, 2021General Fund$198,332.36
Full-Time SalariesApr 1, 2022The largest of 13 such lines among the top 15General Fund$20,000.00
Advertising ExpenseNov 18, 2021General Fund$14,400.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Passport FeesGeneral Fund$213,724.00
Miscellaneous RevenueGeneral Fund$13,909.32
Election FineGeneral Fund$390.00
Map-Publication Sales RevGeneral Fund$233.90

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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.

DivisionPublished total
City Clerk$417,270.75

Published salary total by fiscal year: $263K in 2010, $417K in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$263K
  2. 2011$263K
  3. 2012$263K
  4. 2013$263K
  5. 2014$266K
  6. 2015$284K
  7. 2016$343K
  8. 2017$349K
  9. 2018$344K
  10. 2019$369K
  11. 2020$358K
  12. 2021$408K
  13. 2022$417K

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