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City Budget Review

City Clerk budget, fiscal year 2025

City Clerk spent $1.1M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.2% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 20th-largest share.

Spending

$1.1M

0.2% of city spending · up 4.3% from 2024

Revenue

$118K

Salaries

$615K

Divisions

1

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$517K47% · 28 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$101K9.2% · 19 lines
Benefits-ASRS$71K6.5% · 28 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO$68K6.2% · 25 lines
Prof Svc-Election Expense$53K4.9% · 4 lines
Paid Time Off$47K4.3% · 27 lines
Miscellaneous Supplies$47K4.3% · 2 lines
Benefits-FICA$34K3.1% · 28 lines
22 other categories$155K14%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Passport Fees$120K101% · 1 line
Map-Publication Sales Rev$139.630.1% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev($2K)1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherJun 5, 2025General Fund$78,778.48
Prof Svc-Election ExpenseAug 22, 2024General Fund$46,768.00
Miscellaneous SuppliesJun 25, 2025General Fund$36,541.31
Full-Time SalariesApr 18, 2025The largest of 12 such lines among the top 15General Fund$22,106.79

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Passport FeesGeneral Fund$119,595.00
Map-Publication Sales RevGeneral Fund$139.63
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund($1,724.37)

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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
City Clerk$615,052.26

Published salary total by fiscal year: $263K in 2010, $615K in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$263K
  2. 2011$263K
  3. 2012$263K
  4. 2013$263K
  5. 2014$266K
  6. 2015$284K
  7. 2016$343K
  8. 2017$349K
  9. 2018$344K
  10. 2019$369K
  11. 2020$358K
  12. 2021$408K
  13. 2022$417K
  14. 2023$472K
  15. 2024$506K
  16. 2025$615K

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