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City Budget Review

Community Development budget, fiscal year 2022

Community Development spent $5.8M in fiscal year 2022 — 1.7% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 12th-largest share.

Spending

$5.8M

1.7% of city spending

Revenue

$66.4M

Salaries

$3.3M

Divisions

8

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$2.9M49% · 244 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$732K13% · 60 lines
Benefits-ASRS$401K6.9% · 249 lines
Paid Time Off$333K5.7% · 205 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$244K4.2% · 202 lines
Benefits-FICA$202K3.5% · 249 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$194K3.3% · 46 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$137K2.4% · 145 lines
41 other categories$684K12%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
OFS-Capital Contributions$44.8M67% · 1 line
Bldg Inspection Permit Rev$9.4M14% · 1 line
Admin Fee-Dev Svcs Revenue$6.8M10% · 1 line
Bldg Plan Check Fees Rev$1.9M2.9% · 1 line
Zoning Subdivision Rev$1.6M2.4% · 1 line
Federal Grant Revenue$856K1.3% · 1 line
Solar Permit$463K0.7% · 1 line
Landscape Permits Revenue$245K0.4% · 1 line
11 other categories$367K0.6%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherMay 11, 2022The largest of 11 such lines among the top 15General Fund$87,035.50
Cptl-Design EngineeringAug 23, 2021The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$45,940.82
Full-Time SalariesApr 1, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$36,000.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
OFS-Capital ContributionsGW Capital Accounts$44,849,980.00
Bldg Inspection Permit RevGeneral Fund$9,415,607.18
Admin Fee-Dev Svcs RevenueGeneral Fund$6,795,650.35
Bldg Plan Check Fees RevGeneral Fund$1,914,338.03
Zoning Subdivision RevGeneral Fund$1,562,115.54
Federal Grant RevenueGrants$855,600.00
Solar PermitGeneral Fund$462,900.00
Landscape Permits RevenueGeneral Fund$244,562.93
Landscape Plan Check Fees RevGeneral Fund$244,551.30
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds ReimbGeneral Fund$51,463.00
Labor Reimbursement RevGeneral Fund$33,678.00
Advertising RevenueGeneral Fund$15,495.00
Clean Up Fees RevenueGeneral Fund$6,270.00
Reimbrev-RecoveriesGeneral Fund$5,465.62
OFS-Sale of AssetsGW Capital Accounts$4,000.00

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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
Building Safety$936,702.52
Planning$778,038.56
Development Services$526,018.22
Code Enforcement$524,421.04
Community Development$386,179.04
Real Property$108,173.52

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.9M in 2010, $3.3M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.9M
  2. 2011$1.9M
  3. 2012$1.8M
  4. 2013$2.0M
  5. 2014$2.1M
  6. 2015$2.7M
  7. 2016$2.6M
  8. 2017$2.7M
  9. 2018$2.8M
  10. 2019$3.0M
  11. 2020$3.0M
  12. 2021$3.4M
  13. 2022$3.3M

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