City Budget Review

City Attorney budget, fiscal year 2023

City Attorney spent $7.7M in fiscal year 2023 — 2.0% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 11th-largest share.

Spending

$7.7M

2.0% of city spending · up 4.1% from 2022

Revenue

$7.5M

Salaries

$2.3M

Divisions

Where the money went

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

City Attorney spending by category, fiscal year 2023
Category	Total
General Insurance Admin	$2.3M30% · 11 lines
Full-Time Salaries	$1.9M25% · 150 lines
Claim Settlement	$1.7M22% · 207 lines
Municipal Firefighters Cancer	$384K5.0% · 1 line
Benefits-ASRS	$261K3.4% · 150 lines
Paid Time Off	$245K3.2% · 118 lines
Benefits-FICA	$124K1.6% · 149 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO	$111K1.5% · 96 lines
40 other categories	$656K8.6%

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

City Attorney revenue by category, fiscal year 2023
Category	Total
General Insurance Reimbursment	$3.7M49% · 1 line
Workers Comp Contribution Empr	$2.6M34% · 1 line
Ins Claims Reimb Reimbursment	$873K12% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev	$226K3.0% · 2 lines
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	$138K1.8% · 2 lines
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	$3Kless than 0.1% · 2 lines
State Grant Revenue	$2Kless than 0.1% · 1 line
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds Reimb	$237.56less than 0.1% · 1 line

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest City Attorney payments, fiscal year 2023
Description	Fund	Amount
General Insurance AdminDec 21, 2022The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15	Risk Management - Int Svc	$479,842.00
Municipal Firefighters CancerJul 12, 2022	Workers' Compensation	$383,928.88
General Insurance AdminJul 11, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Workers' Compensation	$332,909.00
Claim SettlementFeb 7, 2023The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15	Risk Management - Int Svc	$195,964.06
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2023The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15	Workers' Compensation	$110,145.04
Full-Time SalariesApr 7, 2023	General Fund	$39,141.86

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest City Attorney revenue lines, fiscal year 2023
Description	Fund	Amount
General Insurance Reimbursment	Risk Management - Int Svc	$3,705,600.00
Workers Comp Contribution Empr	Workers' Compensation	$2,584,605.30
Ins Claims Reimb Reimbursment	Risk Management - Int Svc	$873,384.01
Interest Income Rev	Risk Management - Int Svc	$137,222.02
Interest Income Rev	Workers' Compensation	$89,070.45
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	Risk Management - Int Svc	$83,984.40
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	Workers' Compensation	$54,441.05
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	Risk Management - Int Svc	$2,787.00
State Grant Revenue	Grants	$1,600.00
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds Reimb	General Fund	$237.56
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	Workers' Compensation	$120.00

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2019, $2.3M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

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