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City Budget Review

General Operations budget, fiscal year 2023

General Operations spent $109.9M in fiscal year 2023 — 28% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the largest share.

Spending

$109.9M

28% of city spending · up 0.7% from 2022

Revenue

$353.1M

Salaries

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Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Txfrout-to Marley Park Capital$12.5M11% · 1 line
Cptl-Imp Other Than Bldgs_Land$12.5M11% · 2 lines
Txfrout-to General Capital$11.4M10% · 1 line
Developer Reimbursement$10.6M9.6% · 19 lines
Txfrout-to Sewer Capital$8.9M8.1% · 2 lines
Txfrout-to General Fund$8.0M7.2% · 87 lines
Txfrout-to Water Capital$6.6M6.0% · 3 lines
Txfrout-to HURF Capital$5.0M4.5% · 1 line
31 other categories$34.4M31%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Local Sales Tax Revenue$82.8M23% · 1 line
Construction Sales Tax Revenue$39.9M11% · 2 lines
State Shared Income Tax Rev$28.3M8.0% · 1 line
Interest Holding Account$27.1M7.7% · 1 line
Txfrin-from General Fund$25.1M7.1% · 11 lines
State Shared Sales Tax Rev$22.1M6.2% · 1 line
Property Tax Revenue$21.2M6.0% · 132 lines
Development Fees Revenue$13.9M3.9% · 15 lines
53 other categories$92.9M26%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Txfrout-to Marley Park CapitalJul 21, 2022Marley Park Bond Debt Service$12,503,000.00
Cptl-Imp Other Than Bldgs_LandJul 27, 2022Marley Park CFD Capital 2017$12,503,000.00
Txfrout-to General CapitalJul 1, 2022General Fund$11,438,500.00
Txfrout-to Sewer CapitalJul 1, 2022Sewer Operations$8,893,500.00
Txfrout-to Water CapitalJul 1, 2022Water Operations$5,293,100.00
Txfrout-to HURF CapitalJul 1, 2022Highway User Revenue$5,001,900.00
Developer ReimbursementJun 30, 2023The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15General Fund$4,425,317.33
Txfrout-to S&T Asset ReplacemeJul 1, 2022General Capital Projects Fund$3,011,500.00
Txfrout-to ItassetreplacementJul 1, 2022General Fund$2,697,700.00
Txfrout-to Vehicle ReplacementJul 1, 2022General Fund$2,649,800.00
Txfrout-to Facilities AssetrepJul 1, 2022General Fund$2,187,300.00
Txfrout-to PSPRS FundingJul 1, 2022General Fund$2,000,000.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Local Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$82,787,583.42
State Shared Income Tax RevGeneral Fund$28,301,765.28
Interest Holding AccountGeneral Fund$27,129,983.22
Construction Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Capital Projects Fund$23,745,330.17
State Shared Sales Tax RevGeneral Fund$22,053,551.17
Construction Sales Tax RevenueTransportation Improvement$16,189,997.82
OFS-Proceeds from BondMarley Park Bond Debt Service$13,065,000.00
Txfrin-from Marley Park BonddsMarley Park CFD Capital 2017$12,503,000.00
Txfrin-from General FundGeneral Capital Projects Fund$11,438,500.00
Property Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$10,694,927.00
Txfrin-from Sewer OperationsSewer Utility Capital$8,893,500.00
Txfrin-from Water OperationsWater Utility Capital$7,893,100.00
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-CountyGeneral Fund$7,401,923.24
Property Tax RevenueGO Bond Debt Service$5,552,055.59
Txfrin-from HURFHighway User Revenue Capital$5,001,900.00

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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.

The city published no salary totals for this department.

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