City Budget Review

Public Works budget, fiscal year 2023

Public Works spent $54.2M in fiscal year 2023 — 14% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 2nd-largest share.

Spending

$54.2M

14% of city spending · up 36% from 2022

Revenue

$19.5M

Salaries

$10.9M

Divisions

Where the money went

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

Public Works spending by category, fiscal year 2023
Category	Total
Streets Maintenance	$10.2M19% · 140 lines
Full-Time Salaries	$8.6M16% · 800 lines
Cptl-Vehicles	$6.2M11% · 78 lines
Cptl-Streets Improvements	$6.1M11% · 74 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Buildings	$2.7M4.9% · 43 lines
Utilsvc-Sanitation_Landfill	$2.0M3.7% · 139 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements	$1.5M2.8% · 103 lines
Prof Svc-Landscape Services	$1.3M2.3% · 58 lines
85 other categories	$15.6M29%

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

Public Works revenue by category, fiscal year 2023
Category	Total
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	$11.1M57% · 1 line
Eng Inspect Permit Fees Rev	$4.1M21% · 1 line
Eng Plan Check Fees Rev	$1.4M7.2% · 1 line
OFS-Asset Disposition	$1.1M5.7% · 1 line
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	$364K1.9% · 1 line
Roll-Off Water/Wastewater Rate	$320K1.6% · 1 line
OFS-Sale of Assets	$286K1.5% · 2 lines
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-Local	$126K0.6% · 1 line
16 other categories	$723K3.7%

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest Public Works payments, fiscal year 2023
Description	Fund	Amount
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsOct 11, 2022The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15	Transportation Improvement	$1,368,641.05
Cptl-VehiclesJan 25, 2023	Vehicle Replacement	$961,240.00
Streets MaintenanceNov 21, 2022The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15	General Capital Projects Fund	$843,660.32
Cptl-VehiclesFeb 13, 2023The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Solid Waste Capital	$779,557.12
Streets MaintenanceNov 21, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Highway User Revenue Capital	$709,908.31
Streets MaintenanceNov 21, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Transportation Improvement	$609,650.48
Cptl-VehiclesJul 25, 2022	Solid Waste Operations	$514,420.86

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest Public Works revenue lines, fiscal year 2023
Description	Fund	Amount
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	Highway User Revenue	$11,093,075.79
Eng Inspect Permit Fees Rev	General Fund	$4,121,262.55
Eng Plan Check Fees Rev	General Fund	$1,414,500.00
OFS-Asset Disposition	GW Capital Accounts	$1,110,971.60
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	LTAF II/ALF	$364,134.00
Roll-Off Water/Wastewater Rate	Solid Waste Operations	$320,000.00
OFS-Sale of Assets	General Fund	$163,787.13
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-Local	General Fund	$125,546.78
OFS-Sale of Assets	Highway User Revenue	$121,976.62
Interest Income Rev	Highway User Revenue Capital	$119,513.84
Roll-Off Haul Fee	Solid Waste Operations	$110,121.65
Admin Fee-Dev Svcs Revenue	General Fund	$102,732.00
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	Highway User Revenue Capital	$81,429.07
Roll-Off Public Facility Rate	Solid Waste Operations	$57,050.00
Roll-Off Disposal Fee	Solid Waste Operations	$48,806.97

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

Public Works salary totals by division, fiscal year 2023
Division	Published total
Public Works Operations	$6,762,106.78
Engineering	$4,103,037.12

Published salary total by fiscal year: $7.4M in 2018, $10.9M in 2023. Not adjusted for inflation.

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