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City Budget Review

Community Development budget, fiscal year 2024

Community Development spent $6.8M in fiscal year 2024 — 2.0% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 13th-largest share.

Spending

$6.8M

2.0% of city spending · up 1.6% from 2023

Revenue

$20.4M

Salaries

$4.3M

Divisions

8

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$3.4M50% · 189 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$889K13% · 58 lines
Benefits-ASRS$468K6.9% · 189 lines
Paid Time Off$357K5.3% · 173 lines
Benefits-FICA$235K3.5% · 189 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$229K3.4% · 168 lines
Prof Svc-Software Licenses$217K3.2% · 19 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$182K2.7% · 139 lines
40 other categories$818K12%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Bldg Inspection Permit Rev$8.6M42% · 1 line
Admin Fee-Dev Svcs Revenue$5.9M29% · 1 line
Zoning Subdivision Rev$3.3M16% · 1 line
Bldg Plan Check Fees Rev$2.0M9.6% · 1 line
Landscape Permits Revenue$229K1.1% · 1 line
Landscape Plan Check Fees Rev$176K0.9% · 1 line
Advertising Revenue$92K0.5% · 1 line
Solar Permit$92K0.4% · 1 line
9 other categories$119K0.6%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Software LicensesJan 5, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$139,402.82
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherJan 3, 2024The largest of 9 such lines among the top 15General Fund$66,658.78
Cptl-Design EngineeringJun 11, 2024General Capital Projects Fund$42,695.98
Full-Time SalariesMay 17, 2024The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$38,316.04

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Bldg Inspection Permit RevGeneral Fund$8,562,203.84
Admin Fee-Dev Svcs RevenueGeneral Fund$5,921,229.50
Zoning Subdivision RevGeneral Fund$3,321,133.63
Bldg Plan Check Fees RevGeneral Fund$1,970,229.89
Landscape Permits RevenueGeneral Fund$229,126.95
Landscape Plan Check Fees RevGeneral Fund$175,858.00
Advertising RevenueGeneral Fund$92,399.00
Solar PermitGeneral Fund$92,100.00
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds ReimbGeneral Fund$65,091.00
Clean Up Fees RevenueGeneral Fund$26,225.79
Labor Reimbursement RevThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$12,800.00
Zoning Verify Letter Fee RevGeneral Fund$4,700.00
Credit Card Fee RevenueGeneral Fund$4,242.11
Self-Certification MeetingGeneral Fund$1,800.00

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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
Building Safety$1,241,874.66
Planning$1,113,976.50
Code Enforcement$735,339.54
Development Services$631,717.32
Community Development$458,526.64
Real Property$122,774.08

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.9M in 2010, $4.3M in 2024. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.9M
  2. 2011$1.9M
  3. 2012$1.8M
  4. 2013$2.0M
  5. 2014$2.1M
  6. 2015$2.7M
  7. 2016$2.6M
  8. 2017$2.7M
  9. 2018$2.8M
  10. 2019$3.0M
  11. 2020$3.0M
  12. 2021$3.4M
  13. 2022$3.3M
  14. 2023$3.9M
  15. 2024$4.3M

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