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City Budget Review

General Operations budget, fiscal year 2024

General Operations spent $24.5M in fiscal year 2024 — 7.1% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 8th-largest share.

Spending

$24.5M

7.1% of city spending · down 78% from 2023

Revenue

$266.1M

Salaries

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Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
OFU-Bond Principal$7.5M31% · 5 lines
Developer Reimbursement$6.5M26% · 13 lines
OFU-Bond Interest Exp$4.7M19% · 17 lines
Risk Insurance Premium$3.8M15% · 108 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$2.2M8.9% · 1,515 lines
Claim Settlement$2.1M8.5% · 74 lines
Txfrout-to General Fund$559K2.3% · 4 lines
Prof Svc-Financial Services$68K0.3% · 141 lines
6 other categories($2.9M)

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Local Sales Tax Revenue$86.5M33% · 1 line
Construction Sales Tax Revenue$46.9M18% · 2 lines
State Shared Income Tax Rev$40.9M15% · 1 line
State Shared Sales Tax Rev$23.4M8.8% · 1 line
Property Tax Revenue$22.0M8.3% · 135 lines
Interest Income Rev$18.3M6.9% · 162 lines
Development Fees Revenue$8.5M3.2% · 28 lines
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-County$7.5M2.8% · 1 line
28 other categories$12.2M4.6%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Developer ReimbursementJun 30, 2024The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$5,524,450.39
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 18, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15GO Bond Debt Service$2,425,000.00
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 26, 2024Refunded Gov Debt Service 2015$1,761,188.00
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 26, 2024Stadium Gov Debt Service 2015$1,190,000.00
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2024General Fund$985,409.38
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 30, 2024Marley Park Bond Debt Service$715,000.00
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2024GO Bond Debt Service$671,594.66
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJun 30, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Marley Park Bond Debt Service$604,054.77
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJun 30, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15GO Bond Debt Service$541,021.88
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJun 18, 2024Sr Util. Refund Oblig Ser 2018$504,625.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Local Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$86,489,263.00
State Shared Income Tax RevGeneral Fund$40,861,164.60
Construction Sales Tax RevenueGeneral Capital Projects Fund$27,862,139.75
State Shared Sales Tax RevGeneral Fund$23,379,944.63
Construction Sales Tax RevenueTransportation Improvement$18,996,913.47
Property Tax RevenueGeneral Fund$11,582,745.87
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-CountyGeneral Fund$7,462,237.98
Property Tax RevenueGO Bond Debt Service$5,955,201.80
Interest Income RevGeneral Capital Projects Fund$5,779,279.21
Interest Income RevGeneral Fund$4,213,697.85
APS Franchise RevenueGeneral Fund$4,060,942.40
Property Tax RevenueMarley Park Bond Debt Service$1,608,299.11
Interest Income RevTransportation Improvement$1,432,369.38
Bed Tax RevenueTourism$1,274,465.55
Development Fees RevenueFire/EMS Dev Fee 2020$1,272,157.84

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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.

The city published no salary totals for this department.

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