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City Budget Review

City Attorney budget, fiscal year 2025

City Attorney spent $3.2M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.7% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 15th-largest share.

Spending

$3.2M

0.7% of city spending · up 57% from 2024

Revenue

$5K

Salaries

$2.3M

Divisions

2

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$2.0M60% · 85 lines
Paid Time Off$292K9.0% · 75 lines
Benefits-ASRS$271K8.3% · 84 lines
Prof Svc-Legal Services$141K4.3% · 15 lines
Benefits-FICA$133K4.1% · 85 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$104K3.2% · 50 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$103K3.2% · 76 lines
Benefits-Medicare$34K1.0% · 85 lines
32 other categories$209K6.4%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
State Grant Revenue$5K101% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev($65.09)1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Paid Time OffMar 7, 2025General Fund$110,936.24
Full-Time SalariesFeb 21, 2025The largest of 14 such lines among the top 15General Fund$50,769.63

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
State Grant RevenueGrants$4,700.00
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund($65.09)

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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
Criminal$1,192,856.60
Civil$1,059,521.32

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2019, $2.3M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$1.6M
  2. 2020$1.9M
  3. 2021$2.3M
  4. 2022$2.1M
  5. 2023$2.3M
  6. 2024$2.1M
  7. 2025$2.3M

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