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City Budget Review

Arts, Culture & Library budget, fiscal year 2023

Arts, Culture & Library spent $1.9M in fiscal year 2023 — 0.5% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 17th-largest share.

Spending

$1.9M

0.5% of city spending

Revenue

$69.51

Salaries

$1.7M

Divisions

2

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$638K34% · 24 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Buildings$274K15% · 12 lines
Computer Supplies$222K12% · 5 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$125K6.7% · 17 lines
Benefits-ASRS$80K4.3% · 24 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$71K3.8% · 12 lines
Cptl-Vehicles$46K2.5% · 1 line
Benefits-FICA$46K2.5% · 25 lines
40 other categories$371K20%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Donations-Operating$39.5157% · 1 line
Auction Revenue$30.0043% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Computer SuppliesApr 26, 2023General Fund$193,468.23
Cptl-Improvements to BuildingsApr 25, 2023The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$80,000.00
Full-Time SalariesApr 21, 2023The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Fund$60,346.45
Cptl-VehiclesApr 17, 2023General Fund$46,091.98

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Donations-OperatingDonations$39.51
Auction RevenueGeneral Fund$30.00

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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
Library Administration$1,637,124.32
Arts Culture & Administration$91,445.90

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