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City Budget Review

Parks and Recreation budget, fiscal year 2024

Parks and Recreation spent $29.8M in fiscal year 2024 — 8.7% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 5th-largest share.

Spending

$29.8M

8.7% of city spending · down 11% from 2023

Revenue

$3.2M

Salaries

$4.2M

Divisions

9

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$10.5M35% · 14 lines
Full-Time Salaries$3.4M12% · 395 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Land$2.5M8.4% · 55 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$1.7M5.6% · 726 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$1.6M5.3% · 22 lines
Parks Maintenance$1.3M4.5% · 64 lines
Retainage$787K2.6% · 2 lines
Operational Supplies$624K2.1% · 358 lines
82 other categories$7.4M25%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Program Fee Revenue$2.1M63% · 3 lines
Class Fees Revenue$346K11% · 3 lines
Service Collection Fee$199K6.1% · 1 line
Tennis Lessons Revenue$172K5.2% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$131K4.0% · 3 lines
Facility Use Revenue$88K2.7% · 3 lines
Tennis Pro Shop Retail Revenue$73K2.2% · 1 line
Ramada Rentals$67K2.0% · 1 line
11 other categories$132K4.0%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresMay 13, 2024The largest of 8 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$2,486,720.88
Cptl-Improvements to LandApr 29, 2024The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Parks/Rec Dev Fee 2020$1,160,102.93
Cptl-Design EngineeringNov 14, 2023General Capital Projects Fund$664,456.37
RetainageJun 30, 2024Fire/EMS Dev Fee 2020$609,408.29
Parks MaintenanceJun 30, 2024Parks & Recreation Asset Repl$597,779.68
Parks MaintenanceJun 30, 2024Marley Park Comm Fac Dist$377,233.11

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$1,700,698.41
Class Fees RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$284,251.63
Service Collection FeeGeneral Fund$198,604.49
Tennis Lessons RevenueGeneral Fund$171,903.50
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund$130,489.46
Tennis Pro Shop Retail RevenueGeneral Fund$73,402.00
Ramada RentalsGeneral Fund$66,850.00
Special Events RevenueGeneral Fund$66,191.55
Concessions Sales RevenueGeneral Fund$44,581.75
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$38,263.62

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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
Parks & Rec Admin and Support$2,395,206.06
Recreation Programs$1,126,872.50
Aquatics$312,672.10
Tennis$234,291.72
Special Events$83,441.28

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.4M in 2019, $4.2M in 2024. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$3.4M
  2. 2020$3.6M
  3. 2021$3.1M
  4. 2022$3.4M
  5. 2023$3.7M
  6. 2024$4.2M

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