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City Budget Review

Water Resource Management budget, fiscal year 2024

Water Resource Management spent $34.0M in fiscal year 2024 — 9.9% of the $344.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 4th-largest share.

Spending

$34.0M

9.9% of city spending · up 30% from 2023

Revenue

$7.0M

Salaries

$5.6M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Infrastructure Imp$7.1M21% · 14 lines
Full-Time Salaries$4.4M13% · 432 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$3.6M11% · 111 lines
Utilsvc-Cap Storage & Delivery$2.8M8.3% · 19 lines
Wells_Sewer_Lines Maintenance$2.6M7.7% · 36 lines
Cptl-Machinery and Equipment$1.9M5.5% · 39 lines
Cptl-Infrastructure Purchases$1.1M3.2% · 6 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$1.0M3.0% · 24 lines
79 other categories$9.5M28%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Dev Agreement Connection Fees$4.4M62% · 2 lines
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-Local$1.1M16% · 3 lines
Interest Income Rev$530K7.5% · 6 lines
In Lieu Developer Revenue$272K3.9% · 1 line
Miscellaneous Revenue$186K2.7% · 2 lines
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds Reimb$181K2.6% · 2 lines
Water Meter Installationfeerev$135K1.9% · 1 line
Revenue Recovery-Utility Bill$74K1.1% · 1 line
9 other categories$175K2.5%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Infrastructure ImpJun 30, 2024The largest of 6 such lines among the top 15Sewer Loan 2023$1,980,740.61
Water Storage Inventory AdjJun 30, 2024Water Utility Capital$1,341,375.92
Prepaid Capital ExpendituresJul 1, 2023Wtr Res Dev Fee$569,700.00
Wells_Sewer_Lines MaintenanceJan 8, 2024The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Water Utility Capital$437,004.17
Cptl-Machinery and EquipmentJun 13, 2024Sewer Utility Capital$409,624.41
Utilsvc-Cap Storage & DeliveryApr 18, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Water Operations$381,729.38
Cptl-Infrastructure PurchasesSep 26, 2023Sewer Utility Capital$347,848.77

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Dev Agreement Connection FeesSewer Spa 2 Dev Fee$2,674,980.00
Dev Agreement Connection FeesWtr Sys Spa 2 Dev Fee$1,707,848.00
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-LocalWater Operations$1,072,170.00
In Lieu Developer RevenueWater Utility Capital$272,000.00
Interest Income RevWtr Sys Spa 2 Dev Fee$197,128.72
Miscellaneous RevenueSewer Utility Capital$186,180.68
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds ReimbWater Operations$176,575.77
Interest Income RevWtr Sys Spa 1 Dev Fee$170,395.64
Water Meter InstallationfeerevWater Operations$134,931.21
Interest Income RevSewer Spa 2 Dev Fee$95,145.47
Revenue Recovery-Utility BillSewer Operations$74,131.54
Groundwater Savings FacilityWater Operations$51,750.00
Line Extension Fees RevenueSewer Operations$36,955.27
Interest Income RevWtr Res Spa 2 Dev Fee 2014$34,268.98
Interest Income RevSewer Spa 1 Dev Fee$33,409.32

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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
Water Resource Operations$4,918,787.90
Environmental$716,770.34

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.5M in 2018, $5.6M in 2024. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$3.5M
  2. 2019$3.9M
  3. 2020$4.5M
  4. 2021$5.3M
  5. 2022$4.7M
  6. 2023$5.4M
  7. 2024$5.6M

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