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City Budget Review

Economic Development budget, fiscal year 2023

Economic Development spent $2.7M in fiscal year 2023 — 0.7% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 14th-largest share.

Spending

$2.7M

0.7% of city spending · up 58% from 2022

Revenue

$534K

Salaries

$1.0M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$824K30% · 30 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Land$486K18% · 6 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Buildings$254K9.3% · 24 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$209K7.7% · 20 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$117K4.3% · 24 lines
Benefits-ASRS$111K4.1% · 30 lines
Paid Time Off$90K3.3% · 30 lines
Dues and Memberships$76K2.8% · 19 lines
40 other categories$563K21%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Facility Use Revenue$151K28% · 1 line
Lease Revenue - GASB 87$146K27% · 1 line
Lease Revenue$123K23% · 1 line
Lease Int Inc Rev GASB87$110K21% · 1 line
Donations-Operating$5K0.9% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Improvements to LandApr 10, 2023General Capital Projects Fund$438,015.00
Cptl-Improvements to BuildingsMay 1, 2023General Fund$137,154.24
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherMay 9, 2023The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$73,313.00
Advertising ExpenseSep 27, 2022General Capital Projects Fund$39,000.00
Full-Time SalariesAug 26, 2022The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Fund$37,082.59

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Facility Use RevenueGeneral Fund$150,961.65
Lease Revenue - GASB 87General Fund$146,233.07
Lease RevenueGeneral Fund$122,512.91
Lease Int Inc Rev GASB87General Fund$109,676.03
Donations-OperatingDonations$5,000.00

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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
Economic Development$1,019,285.28

Published salary total by fiscal year: $168K in 2010, $1.0M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$168K
  2. 2016$512K
  3. 2017$528K
  4. 2018$457K
  5. 2019$620K
  6. 2020$678K
  7. 2021$690K
  8. 2022$794K
  9. 2023$1.0M

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