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City Budget Review

Human Services and Community Vitality budget, fiscal year 2024

Human Services and Community Vitality spent $9.6M in fiscal year 2024 — 2.8% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 12th-largest share.

Spending

$9.6M

2.8% of city spending · up 60% from 2023

Revenue

$7.2M

Salaries

$1.9M

Divisions

8

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$3.2M33% · 194 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$1.8M18% · 17 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.5M15% · 222 lines
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$1.1M12% · 11 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$268K2.8% · 156 lines
Benefits-ASRS$227K2.4% · 239 lines
Paid Time Off$177K1.8% · 162 lines
Profsvc-Councilcommun Outreach$156K1.6% · 32 lines
60 other categories$1.3M13%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Federal Grant Revenue$6.4M89% · 5 lines
Grant Revenue-Program Income$237K3.3% · 1 line
Grant Revenue-Other$228K3.2% · 1 line
Area Agency on Aging-Federal$175K2.4% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$36K0.5% · 3 lines
Sponsorships$26K0.4% · 1 line
Program Fee Revenue$23K0.3% · 1 line
Donations-Operating$22K0.3% · 2 lines
6 other categories$19K0.3%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherApr 23, 2024The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Grants$775,558.58
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresJun 24, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Grants$652,789.12
Cptl-Design EngineeringMar 12, 2024The largest of 9 such lines among the top 15Grants$256,415.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Federal Grant RevenueThe largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Grants$2,480,167.97
Federal Grant RevenueNeighborhood Revitalization$1,042,648.08
Grant Revenue-Program IncomeNeighborhood Revitalization$236,766.74
Grant Revenue-OtherGrants$228,241.86
Area Agency on Aging-FederalGrants$174,790.00
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$35,471.56
SponsorshipsDonations$26,000.00
Program Fee RevenueGeneral Fund$23,367.00
Meal Fee RevenueGeneral Fund$17,868.50
Donations-OperatingThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Donations$15,349.50

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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
HSCV Administration$653,296.28
Community Resources$539,799.52
Neighborhood Services$336,804.00
Senior Services$188,918.86
HSCV Community Engagement$132,995.20

Published salary total by fiscal year: $751K in 2018, $1.9M in 2024. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$751K
  2. 2019$1.1M
  3. 2020$1.3M
  4. 2021$1.7M
  5. 2022$1.2M
  6. 2023$1.6M
  7. 2024$1.9M

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