City Budget Review
Economic Development budget, fiscal year 2025
Economic Development spent $3.0M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.6% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 17th-largest share.
Spending
$3.0M
0.6% of city spending · up 19% from 2024
Revenue
$517K
Salaries
$980K
Divisions
5
Where the money went
Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Full-Time Salaries | $869K29% · 28 lines |
| Cptl-Buldings and Structures | $504K17% · 3 lines |
| Professional_Outside Svc-Other | $314K10% · 34 lines |
| OFU-Lease Liab Principal | $236K7.8% · 1 line |
| Benefits-ASRS | $120K4.0% · 30 lines |
| Part-Time Employees Wages | $107K3.5% · 30 lines |
| Utilsvc-Electricity | $98K3.3% · 12 lines |
| Special Event Hosting | $80K2.6% · 37 lines |
| 45 other categories | $699K23% |
Where the money came from
Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Lease Revenue - GASB 87 | $139K27% · 1 line |
| Lease Revenue | $135K26% · 1 line |
| Lease Int Inc Rev GASB87 | $110K21% · 1 line |
| Facility Use Revenue | $109K21% · 1 line |
| Donations-Operating | $20K3.9% · 1 line |
| Sponsorships | $5K1.0% · 1 line |
Largest single payments
The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.
| Description | Fund | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cptl-Buldings and StructuresMay 19, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15 | General Capital Projects Fund | $250,000.00 |
| OFU-Lease Liab PrincipalJun 30, 2025 | General Capital Projects Fund | $235,751.22 |
| Professional_Outside Svc-OtherSep 26, 2024 | General Fund | $76,092.00 |
| Professional_Outside Svc-OtherSep 12, 2024The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15 | General Capital Projects Fund | $41,005.00 |
| Full-Time SalariesOct 4, 2024The largest of 9 such lines among the top 15 | General Fund | $39,879.20 |
Largest revenue lines
The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.
| Description | Fund | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lease Revenue - GASB 87 | General Fund | $138,869.00 |
| Lease Revenue | General Fund | $134,538.87 |
| Lease Int Inc Rev GASB87 | General Fund | $109,569.51 |
| Facility Use Revenue | General Fund | $109,003.43 |
| Donations-Operating | Donations | $20,000.00 |
| Sponsorships | Sponsorships | $5,000.00 |
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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.
| Division | Published total |
|---|---|
| Economic Development | $980,285.80 |
Published salary total by fiscal year: $168K in 2010, $980K in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.
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