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City Budget Review

City Clerk budget, fiscal year 2023

City Clerk spent $720K in fiscal year 2023 — 0.2% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 19th-largest share.

Spending

$720K

0.2% of city spending · down 21% from 2022

Revenue

$191K

Salaries

$472K

Divisions

1

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$376K52% · 48 lines
Paid Time Off$60K8.4% · 43 lines
Benefits-ASRS$54K7.6% · 48 lines
Benefits-Medical EPO$31K4.3% · 38 lines
Advertising Expense$30K4.1% · 14 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$28K3.9% · 24 lines
Benefits-FICA$26K3.6% · 48 lines
Prof Svc-Election Expense$23K3.2% · 2 lines
25 other categories$91K13%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Passport Fees$191K100% · 1 line
Map-Publication Sales Rev$71.52less than 0.1% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Full-Time SalariesJun 30, 2023The largest of 14 such lines among the top 15General Fund$23,886.92
Prof Svc-Election ExpenseSep 14, 2022General Fund$23,066.50

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Passport FeesGeneral Fund$191,380.00
Map-Publication Sales RevGeneral Fund$71.52

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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
City Clerk$472,419.75

Published salary total by fiscal year: $263K in 2010, $472K in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$263K
  2. 2011$263K
  3. 2012$263K
  4. 2013$263K
  5. 2014$266K
  6. 2015$284K
  7. 2016$343K
  8. 2017$349K
  9. 2018$344K
  10. 2019$369K
  11. 2020$358K
  12. 2021$408K
  13. 2022$417K
  14. 2023$472K

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