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City Budget Review

General Operations budget, fiscal year 2022

General Operations spent $109.2M in fiscal year 2022 — 31% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the largest share.

Spending

$109.2M

31% of city spending

Revenue

$433.3M

Salaries

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Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Txfrout-to General Capital$31.0M28% · 3 lines
Txfrout-to PSPRS Funding$10.5M9.6% · 3 lines
Developer Reimbursement$9.2M8.4% · 39 lines
Txfrout-to General Fund$7.8M7.1% · 97 lines
OFU-Bond Principal$6.7M6.1% · 5 lines
Txfrout-to Sewer Capital$6.3M5.8% · 1 line
OFU-Bond Interest Exp$4.3M4.0% · 14 lines
Txfrout-to Water Capital$4.1M3.7% · 3 lines
36 other categories$29.3M27%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Local Sales Tax Revenue$89.3M21% · 1 line
Txfrin-from General Fund$89.2M21% · 19 lines
Grant Revenue-Other$35.5M8.2% · 2 lines
Construction Sales Tax Revenue$32.2M7.4% · 2 lines
Txfrin-from Sewer Operations$22.7M5.2% · 3 lines
State Shared Sales Tax Rev$20.2M4.7% · 1 line
Development Fees Revenue$19.6M4.5% · 19 lines
Property Tax Revenue$19.2M4.4% · 120 lines
55 other categories$105.3M24%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Txfrout-to General CapitalJun 30, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$26,000,000.00
Txfrout-to PSPRS FundingJun 30, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$8,500,000.00
Txfrout-to HURF CapitalJul 1, 2021Highway User Revenue$7,153,600.00
Txfrout-to Sewer CapitalJul 1, 2021Sewer Operations$6,326,000.00
Txfrout-to Vehicle ReplacementJul 1, 2021General Fund$4,002,000.00
Txfrout-to Facilities AssetrepJul 1, 2021General Fund$3,746,400.00
Developer ReimbursementJun 30, 2022General Fund$3,696,253.63
Txfrout-to ComservassetrepJul 1, 2021General Fund$3,527,400.00
Txfrout-to Sports and TourismJun 30, 2022General Fund$3,408,606.19
Txfrout-to S&T Asset ReplacemeJul 1, 2021General Fund$3,070,400.00
Txfrout-to Water CapitalJul 1, 2021Water Operations$2,819,700.00
Txfrout-to ItassetreplacementJul 1, 2021General Fund$2,345,200.00
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 17, 2022GO Bond Debt Service$2,135,000.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Local Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$89,304,499.61
Txfrin-from General FundGeneral Capital Projects Fund$41,000,000.00
Grant Revenue-OtherContingency$32,228,200.00
State Shared Sales Tax RevGeneral Fund$20,245,564.24
Construction Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Capital Projects Fund$19,137,151.42
Txfrin-from Sewer OperationsSewer Utility Capital$18,978,000.00
State Shared Income Tax RevGeneral Fund$18,813,000.78
Txfrin-from General FundPublic Safety Pension Fund$14,500,000.00
Federal Grant RevenueGeneral Fund$14,453,984.00
Construction Sales Tax RevenueTransportation Improvement$13,048,057.78
Txfrin-from HURFHighway User Revenue Capital$10,730,400.00
Property Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$9,880,271.26
Txfrin-from Water OperationsWater Utility Capital$9,838,700.00
OFS-Capital Lease FinancingGeneral Fund$9,697,995.50
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-CountyGeneral Fund$6,632,728.74

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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.

The city published no salary totals for this department.

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