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City Budget Review

Parks and Recreation budget, fiscal year 2025

Parks and Recreation spent $44.4M in fiscal year 2025 — 9.2% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 5th-largest share.

Spending

$44.4M

9.2% of city spending · up 49% from 2024

Revenue

$3.5M

Salaries

$5.2M

Divisions

10

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$19.4M44% · 23 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Land$7.6M17% · 41 lines
Full-Time Salaries$4.1M9.2% · 488 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$2.0M4.5% · 704 lines
Parks Maintenance$1.8M4.0% · 87 lines
Operational Supplies$861K1.9% · 414 lines
Building Maintenance$752K1.7% · 53 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$673K1.5% · 89 lines
80 other categories$7.2M16%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Program Fee Revenue$2.4M67% · 4 lines
Class Fees Revenue$381K11% · 3 lines
Service Collection Fee$211K5.9% · 1 line
Tennis Lessons Revenue$160K4.5% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$148K4.2% · 3 lines
Concessions Sales Revenue$79K2.2% · 1 line
Ramada Rentals$69K1.9% · 1 line
Tennis Pro Shop Retail Revenue$64K1.8% · 1 line
12 other categories$75K2.1%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresFeb 13, 2025The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$2,547,009.34
Cptl-Improvements to LandApr 8, 2025The largest of 5 such lines among the top 15Parks/Rec Dev Fee 2020$1,221,644.21

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$1,804,766.35
Class Fees RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$273,296.37
Service Collection FeeGeneral Fund$211,299.78
Tennis Lessons RevenueGeneral Fund$159,588.84
Concessions Sales RevenueGeneral Fund$78,659.37
Ramada RentalsGeneral Fund$69,357.50
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$68,404.04
Tennis Pro Shop Retail RevenueGeneral Fund$63,838.00
Special Events RevenueGeneral Fund$50,899.12
SponsorshipsSponsorships$14,000.00

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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.

DivisionPublished total
Parks & Rec Admin and Support$2,794,579.06
Recreation Programs$1,071,107.96
Aquatics$998,098.40
Tennis$257,765.30
Special Events$91,704.34

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.4M in 2019, $5.2M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$3.4M
  2. 2020$3.6M
  3. 2021$3.1M
  4. 2022$3.4M
  5. 2023$3.7M
  6. 2024$4.2M
  7. 2025$5.2M

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