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City Budget Review

Information Technology budget, fiscal year 2023

Information Technology spent $10.0M in fiscal year 2023 — 2.6% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 9th-largest share.

Spending

$10.0M

2.6% of city spending · up 31% from 2022

Revenue

$56K

Salaries

$3.0M

Divisions

7

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$2.7M27% · 143 lines
Full-Time Salaries$2.5M25% · 243 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$1.9M19% · 69 lines
OFU-Subscription Liab Prin$879K8.8% · 4 lines
Benefits-ASRS$346K3.5% · 243 lines
Paid Time Off$302K3.0% · 161 lines
Utilsvc-Telephone Service$253K2.5% · 75 lines
Benefits-FICA$173K1.7% · 243 lines
42 other categories$952K9.5%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
OFS - SBITA Financing$56K100% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$44.24less than 0.1% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
OFU-Subscription Liab PrinJun 30, 2023The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$637,668.34
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsFeb 8, 2023The largest of 9 such lines among the top 15General Fund$358,842.66
Cptl-Technology EquipmentJan 4, 2023The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15IT Asset Replacement$297,241.81
Cptl-Technology EquipmentDec 1, 2022General Capital Projects Fund$189,067.05

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
OFS - SBITA FinancingGeneral Fund$56,124.45
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund$44.24

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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
Technical Services$1,073,752.94
Application Services$686,019.62
Geographcial Info Systems$559,371.54
Security Services$420,144.66
IT Admin$250,921.84

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2010, $3.0M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.6M
  2. 2011$1.6M
  3. 2012$1.5M
  4. 2013$1.6M
  5. 2014$1.7M
  6. 2015$1.5M
  7. 2016$1.7M
  8. 2017$1.8M
  9. 2018$1.9M
  10. 2019$2.2M
  11. 2020$2.3M
  12. 2021$2.7M
  13. 2022$2.6M
  14. 2023$3.0M

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