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City Budget Review

City Manager budget, fiscal year 2025

City Manager spent $2.8M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.6% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 18th-largest share.

Spending

$2.8M

0.6% of city spending · up 16% from 2024

Revenue

$102K

Salaries

$2.2M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$1.4M49% · 84 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$380K14% · 1 line
Benefits-ASRS$184K6.6% · 84 lines
Dues and Memberships$178K6.4% · 20 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$125K4.5% · 5 lines
Paid Time Off$100K3.6% · 30 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$88K3.2% · 50 lines
Benefits-FICA$79K2.9% · 85 lines
40 other categories$276K10.0%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$82K80% · 2 lines
Federal Grant Revenue$20K20% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Technology EquipmentMar 31, 2025General Capital Projects Fund$379,967.00
Dues and MembershipsAug 15, 2024General Fund$87,767.00
Full-Time SalariesJun 27, 2025The largest of 13 such lines among the top 15General Fund$55,926.72

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Recovery of PY Expense-RevThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 3General Fund$82,173.71
Federal Grant RevenueGeneral Fund$20,001.98

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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 Manager$1,847,248.45
Government & Community Partner$173,611.10
Emergency Management$161,712.46

Published salary total by fiscal year: $392K in 2010, $2.2M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$392K
  2. 2011$387K
  3. 2012$271K
  4. 2013$426K
  5. 2014$1.0M
  6. 2015$2.2M
  7. 2016$1.7M
  8. 2017$1.7M
  9. 2021$2.5M
  10. 2022$2.3M
  11. 2023$1.3M
  12. 2024$1.4M
  13. 2025$2.2M

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