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City Budget Review

City Court budget, fiscal year 2022

City Court spent $2.6M in fiscal year 2022 — 0.8% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 15th-largest share.

Spending

$2.6M

0.8% of city spending

Revenue

$1.4M

Salaries

$1.7M

Divisions

1

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$1.5M55% · 30 lines
Benefits-ASRS$213K8.0% · 30 lines
Paid Time Off$195K7.4% · 29 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$162K6.1% · 25 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$107K4.1% · 42 lines
Benefits-FICA$101K3.8% · 30 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$71K2.7% · 25 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$56K2.1% · 29 lines
34 other categories$283K11%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Court Imposed Fines$1.4M98% · 2 lines
Payment Fee Court$14K1.0% · 1 line
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-State$11K0.8% · 3 lines
Cash Over Short$310.92less than 0.1% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$0.20less than 0.1% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Full-Time SalariesApr 1, 2022The largest of 15 such lines among the top 15General Fund$84,000.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Court Imposed FinesGeneral Fund$1,329,711.11
Court Imposed FinesMunicipal Court Enhancement$78,510.30
Payment Fee CourtMunicipal Court JCEF$13,998.09
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateMunicipal Court Mftg$9,126.14
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateMunicipal Court Fare$1,590.88
Cash Over ShortGeneral Fund$310.92
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateGeneral Fund$44.58
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund$0.20

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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
Court Administration$1,653,531.53

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.1M in 2010, $1.7M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.1M
  2. 2011$1.1M
  3. 2012$999K
  4. 2013$963K
  5. 2014$1.0M
  6. 2015$1.1M
  7. 2016$1.2M
  8. 2017$1.2M
  9. 2018$1.4M
  10. 2019$1.5M
  11. 2020$1.6M
  12. 2021$1.6M
  13. 2022$1.7M

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