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City Budget Review

Arts, Culture & Library budget, fiscal year 2025

Arts, Culture & Library spent $4.5M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.9% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 14th-largest share.

Spending

$4.5M

0.9% of city spending · up 25% from 2024

Revenue

$305K

Salaries

$2.0M

Divisions

5

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$1.6M36% · 57 lines
Cptl-Works of Art$420K9.3% · 34 lines
Books and Subscriptions$377K8.3% · 104 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$247K5.4% · 46 lines
Benefits-ASRS$216K4.8% · 56 lines
Prof Svc-Software Licenses$167K3.7% · 7 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$152K3.4% · 4 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$150K3.3% · 24 lines
49 other categories$1.2M26%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Non-Grant Intergovtlrev-County$122K40% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev$105K35% · 2 lines
Donations-Operating$43K14% · 1 line
State Grant Revenue$20K6.7% · 2 lines
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev$9K2.8% · 2 lines
Copy Fees Revenue$6K1.9% · 1 line
Material Replacement Fee$95.26less than 0.1% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Works of ArtJun 30, 2025The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Municipal Art Fund$154,261.43
Books and SubscriptionsJul 1, 2024General Fund$121,640.00
Full-Time SalariesJun 13, 2025The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Fund$65,680.13
Prof Svc-Software LicensesJul 15, 2024General Fund$62,959.98

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Non-Grant Intergovtlrev-CountyGeneral Fund$121,640.00
Interest Income RevMunicipal Art Fund$98,646.68
Donations-OperatingDonations$43,322.00
State Grant RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 10Grants$13,555.00
Unrealized Gain Loss RevMunicipal Art Fund$8,087.34
Interest Income RevLibrary Asset Rep$6,813.22
Copy Fees RevenueGeneral Fund$5,664.35
Unrealized Gain Loss RevLibrary Asset Rep$484.18
Material Replacement FeeGeneral Fund$95.26

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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
Library Administration$1,907,034.48
Arts Culture & Administration$119,519.14

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.7M in 2023, $2.0M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2023$1.7M
  2. 2024$1.9M
  3. 2025$2.0M

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