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City Budget Review

City Manager budget, fiscal year 2023

City Manager spent $2.7M in fiscal year 2023 — 0.7% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 15th-largest share.

Spending

$2.7M

0.7% of city spending · down 28% from 2022

Revenue

$15.6M

Salaries

$1.3M

Divisions

5

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$1.3M47% · 96 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$458K17% · 19 lines
Paid Time Off$215K8.1% · 44 lines
Benefits-ASRS$167K6.2% · 100 lines
Dues and Memberships$138K5.2% · 24 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$85K3.2% · 56 lines
Benefits-FICA$74K2.8% · 100 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$47K1.7% · 12 lines
42 other categories$230K8.6%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Federal Grant Revenue$15.5M100% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev$17K0.1% · 2 lines
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev$11Kless than 0.1% · 2 lines

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Technology EquipmentJun 30, 2023General Capital Projects Fund$309,126.30
Dues and MembershipsJul 5, 2022General Fund$84,512.00
Paid Time OffOct 7, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$56,378.28
Full-Time SalariesSep 23, 2022The largest of 11 such lines among the top 15General Fund$49,759.40

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Federal Grant RevenueGrants$15,545,984.00
Interest Income RevMunicipal Art Fund$11,592.14
Unrealized Gain Loss RevMunicipal Art Fund$7,464.50
Interest Income RevCommunications Asset Repl$5,225.29
Unrealized Gain Loss RevCommunications Asset Repl$3,385.40

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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 Manager$1,019,440.80
Government & Community Partner$150,009.60
Emergency Management$123,728.54

Published salary total by fiscal year: $392K in 2010, $1.3M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$392K
  2. 2011$387K
  3. 2012$271K
  4. 2013$426K
  5. 2014$1.0M
  6. 2015$2.2M
  7. 2016$1.7M
  8. 2017$1.7M
  9. 2021$2.5M
  10. 2022$2.3M
  11. 2023$1.3M

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