City Budget Review
Surprise city budget, fiscal year 2024
The City of Surprise published $344.2M in spending and $437.9M in revenue across 22 departments in fiscal year 2024. Fire-Medical, Police and Transportation were the largest, together 39% of spending.
Total spending
$344.2M
down 11% from 2023
Total revenue
$437.9M
Departments
22
What moved. The largest increase was Transportation, up $36.5M from 2023. The largest decrease was General Operations, down $85.5M.
| Department | Spending | Revenue | Salaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire-Medical | $51.6M15% of totalup 34% from 2023 | $10.4M | $18.9M |
| Police | $45.7M13% of totalup 9.8% from 2023 | $2.8M | $20.8M |
| Transportation | $36.5M11% of totalup 276130% from 2023 | $11.5M | $637K |
| Water Resource Management | $34.0M9.9% of totalup 30% from 2023 | $7.0M | $5.6M |
| Parks and Recreation | $29.8M8.7% of totaldown 11% from 2023 | $3.2M | $4.2M |
| Human Resources | $27.3M7.9% of totalup 31% from 2023 | $27.7M | $2.1M |
| Public Works | $26.8M7.8% of totaldown 51% from 2023 | $7.5M | $11.5M |
| General Operations | $24.5M7.1% of totaldown 78% from 2023 | $266.1M | — |
| Information Technology | $12.7M3.7% of totalup 27% from 2023 | $2.4M | $3.3M |
| Sports and Tourism | $11.3M3.3% of totalup 4.7% from 2023 | $5.4M | $1.8M |
| Finance | $10.5M3.1% of totalup 22% from 2023 | $64.2M | $5.1M |
| Human Services and Community Vitality | $9.6M2.8% of totalup 60% from 2023 | $7.2M | $1.9M |
| Community Development | $6.8M2.0% of totalup 1.6% from 2023 | $20.4M | $4.3M |
| Arts, Culture & Library | $3.6M1.1% of totalup 94% from 2023 | $62K | $1.9M |
| City Court | $2.6M0.8% of totaldown 0.7% from 2023 | $992K | $2.1M |
| Economic Development | $2.5M0.7% of totaldown 6.6% from 2023 | $537K | $1.0M |
| City Manager | $2.4M0.7% of totaldown 10% from 2023 | — | $1.4M |
| City Attorney | $2.1M0.6% of totaldown 73% from 2023 | $4K | $2.1M |
| Marketing and Communications | $1.7M0.5% of totalup 13% from 2023 | $14K | $971K |
| City Clerk | $1.0M0.3% of totalup 46% from 2023 | $100K | $506K |
| Mayor and Council | $717K0.2% of totalup 27% from 2023 | $157K | $230K |
| City Auditor | $454K0.1% of totalup 8.3% from 2023 | — | $368K |
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