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City Budget Review

Surprise city budget, fiscal year 2023

The City of Surprise published $387.8M in spending and $542.3M in revenue across 22 departments in fiscal year 2023. General Operations, Public Works and Police were the largest, together 53% of spending.

Total spending

$387.8M

up 11% from 2022

Total revenue

$542.3M

Departments

22

What moved. The largest increase was Parks and Recreation, up $17.1M from 2022. The largest decrease was Water Resource Management, down $5.5M.

DepartmentSpendingRevenueSalaries
General Operations$109.9M28% of totalup 0.7% from 2022$353.1M—
Public Works$54.2M14% of totalup 36% from 2022$19.5M$10.9M
Police$41.6M11% of totaldown 4.9% from 2022$2.6M$18.6M
Fire-Medical$38.6M10.0% of totaldown 0.4% from 2022$21.4M$16.8M
Parks and Recreation$33.6M8.7% of totalup 104% from 2022$4.0M$3.7M
Water Resource Management$26.2M6.7% of totaldown 17% from 2022$4.3M$5.4M
Human Resources$20.8M5.4% of totalup 13% from 2022$17.7M$1.7M
Sports and Tourism$10.8M2.8% of totalup 49% from 2022$4.8M$1.6M
Information Technology$10.0M2.6% of totalup 31% from 2022$56K$3.0M
Finance$8.7M2.2% of totalup 21% from 2022$61.8M$4.5M
City Attorney$7.7M2.0% of totalup 4.1% from 2022$7.5M$2.3M
Community Development$6.7M1.7% of totalup 15% from 2022$20.2M$3.9M
Human Services and Community Vitality$6.0M1.5% of totalup 6.0% from 2022$7.8M$1.6M
Economic Development$2.7M0.7% of totalup 58% from 2022$534K$1.0M
City Manager$2.7M0.7% of totaldown 28% from 2022$15.6M$1.3M
City Court$2.6M0.7% of totaldown 1.0% from 2022$1.2M$1.7M
Arts, Culture & Library$1.9M0.5% of total$69.51$1.7M
Marketing and Communications$1.5M0.4% of totalup 155055% from 2022—$818K
City Clerk$720K0.2% of totaldown 21% from 2022$191K$472K
Mayor and Council$564K0.1% of totalup 5.9% from 2022$50K$230K
City Auditor$419K0.1% of total—$328K
Transportation$13Kless than 0.1% of total$131K—

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