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City Budget Review

Parks and Recreation budget, fiscal year 2022

Parks and Recreation spent $16.5M in fiscal year 2022 — 4.7% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 7th-largest share.

Spending

$16.5M

4.7% of city spending

Revenue

$21.4M

Salaries

$3.4M

Divisions

11

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$2.8M17% · 144 lines
Full-Time Salaries$2.7M17% · 180 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$1.9M11% · 827 lines
Parks Maintenance$934K5.7% · 71 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Land$855K5.2% · 12 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$609K3.7% · 134 lines
Building Maintenance$554K3.4% · 62 lines
Operational Supplies$497K3.0% · 293 lines
78 other categories$5.6M34%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Federal Grant Revenue$17.2M80% · 1 line
Program Fee Revenue$2.6M12% · 4 lines
Class Fees Revenue$683K3.2% · 3 lines
Tennis Lessons Revenue$184K0.9% · 1 line
Service Collection Fee$157K0.7% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$93K0.4% · 3 lines
Campus Operations$80K0.4% · 1 line
Tennis Pro Shop Retail Revenue$76K0.4% · 1 line
16 other categories$366K1.7%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Improvements to LandJun 28, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$414,944.00
Grounds MaintenanceFeb 9, 2022Parks & Recreation Asset Repl$199,793.25
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsJun 28, 2022The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Fund$195,321.96
Part-Time Employees WagesApr 1, 2022General Fund$176,000.00
Parks MaintenanceJun 30, 2022Marley Park Comm Fac Dist$156,526.72

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Federal Grant RevenueGrants$17,200,000.00
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 4 such lines among the top 15General Fund$1,657,358.27
Class Fees RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$373,653.25
Tennis Lessons RevenueGeneral Fund$184,315.38
Service Collection FeeGeneral Fund$156,526.72
Campus OperationsGeneral Fund$79,685.00
Tennis Pro Shop Retail RevenueGeneral Fund$76,134.51
Special Events RevenueGeneral Fund$64,760.32
Ramada RentalsGeneral Fund$56,952.50
Facility Use RevenueGeneral Fund$45,673.50

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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.

DivisionPublished total
Recreation Programs$1,616,965.74
Parks & Rec Admin and Support$1,484,564.12
Tennis$144,782.82
Aquatics$113,006.40

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.4M in 2019, $3.4M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$3.4M
  2. 2020$3.6M
  3. 2021$3.1M
  4. 2022$3.4M

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