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City Budget Review

City Clerk budget, fiscal year 2024

City Clerk spent $1.0M in fiscal year 2024 — 0.3% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 20th-largest share.

Spending

$1.0M

0.3% of city spending · up 46% from 2023

Revenue

$100K

Salaries

$506K

Divisions

1

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$436K42% · 27 lines
Prof Svc-Election Expense$262K25% · 8 lines
Benefits-ASRS$61K5.8% · 27 lines
Paid Time Off$52K5.0% · 26 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$40K3.8% · 24 lines
Benefits-FICA$30K2.9% · 27 lines
Advertising Expense$26K2.5% · 11 lines
Benefits-Medical EPO$25K2.4% · 24 lines
26 other categories$117K11%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Passport Fees$100K100% · 1 line
Map-Publication Sales Rev$390.840.4% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Election ExpenseNov 20, 2023The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$199,494.12
Full-Time SalariesApr 19, 2024The largest of 12 such lines among the top 15General Fund$19,370.60

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Passport FeesGeneral Fund$99,855.00
Map-Publication Sales RevGeneral Fund$390.84

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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
City Clerk$506,001.93

Published salary total by fiscal year: $263K in 2010, $506K in 2024. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$263K
  2. 2011$263K
  3. 2012$263K
  4. 2013$263K
  5. 2014$266K
  6. 2015$284K
  7. 2016$343K
  8. 2017$349K
  9. 2018$344K
  10. 2019$369K
  11. 2020$358K
  12. 2021$408K
  13. 2022$417K
  14. 2023$472K
  15. 2024$506K

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