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City Budget Review

Parks and Recreation budget, fiscal year 2023

Parks and Recreation spent $33.6M in fiscal year 2023 — 8.7% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 5th-largest share.

Spending

$33.6M

8.7% of city spending · up 104% from 2022

Revenue

$4.0M

Salaries

$3.7M

Divisions

10

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Improvements to Land$16.0M47% · 45 lines
Full-Time Salaries$3.3M9.8% · 439 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$1.9M5.7% · 131 lines
Parks Maintenance$1.7M5.1% · 58 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$1.6M4.7% · 807 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$1.1M3.3% · 12 lines
Building Maintenance$1.1M3.3% · 68 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$638K1.9% · 112 lines
85 other categories$6.3M19%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Program Fee Revenue$2.3M56% · 4 lines
Class Fees Revenue$676K17% · 3 lines
Service Collection Fee$492K12% · 1 line
Tennis Lessons Revenue$198K4.9% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$112K2.8% · 3 lines
Tennis Pro Shop Retail Revenue$83K2.1% · 1 line
Special Events Revenue$66K1.6% · 1 line
Ramada Rentals$51K1.3% · 1 line
13 other categories$110K2.7%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Improvements to LandNov 30, 2022The largest of 11 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$2,115,896.86
Cptl-Improvements to LandNov 30, 2022The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Parks/Rec Dev Fee 2020$750,217.42
Cptl-Design EngineeringJun 30, 2023General Capital Projects Fund$699,773.54

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 4 such lines among the top 15General Fund$1,636,240.90
Service Collection FeeGeneral Fund$491,682.06
Class Fees RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$424,373.35
Tennis Lessons RevenueGeneral Fund$197,811.95
Tennis Pro Shop Retail RevenueGeneral Fund$82,891.00
Special Events RevenueGeneral Fund$65,587.11
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$62,331.67
Ramada RentalsGeneral Fund$50,942.50
Concessions Sales RevenueGeneral Fund$44,180.75

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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
Parks & Rec Admin and Support$2,184,060.32
Recreation Programs$959,447.32
Aquatics$240,041.88
Tennis$216,938.28
Special Events$77,260.56

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.4M in 2019, $3.7M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$3.4M
  2. 2020$3.6M
  3. 2021$3.1M
  4. 2022$3.4M
  5. 2023$3.7M

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