City Budget Review

Transportation budget, fiscal year 2025

Transportation spent $72.8M in fiscal year 2025 — 15% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the largest share.

Spending

$72.8M

15% of city spending · up 99% from 2024

Revenue

$15.7M

Salaries

$4.6M

Divisions

Where the money went

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

Transportation spending by category, fiscal year 2025
Category	Total
Cptl-Streets Improvements	$49.4M68% · 99 lines
Streets Maintenance	$9.2M13% · 37 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements	$3.1M4.3% · 38 lines
Full-Time Salaries	$3.0M4.2% · 440 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering	$1.5M2.1% · 68 lines
Prof Svc-Landscape Services	$1.1M1.6% · 48 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity	$711K1.0% · 71 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other	$534K0.7% · 33 lines
59 other categories	$4.1M5.7%

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

Transportation revenue by category, fiscal year 2025
Category	Total
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	$11.4M72% · 1 line
In Lieu Developer Revenue	$3.3M21% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev	$442K2.8% · 1 line
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	$364K2.3% · 1 line
Federal Grant Revenue	$114K0.7% · 1 line
State Grant Revenue	$100K0.6% · 1 line
Temp Traffic Control Rev	$20K0.1% · 1 line
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	$8Kless than 0.1% · 1 line
2 other categories	$3Kless than 0.1%

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest Transportation payments, fiscal year 2025
Description	Fund	Amount
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsJun 30, 2025The largest of 5 such lines among the top 15	General Capital Projects Fund	$3,091,000.64
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsApr 7, 2025The largest of 7 such lines among the top 15	Transportation Improvement	$2,843,541.76
Streets MaintenanceJun 30, 2025The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15	Highway User Revenue	$1,880,056.60

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest Transportation revenue lines, fiscal year 2025
Description	Fund	Amount
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	Highway User Revenue	$11,350,642.52
In Lieu Developer Revenue	General Fund	$3,322,155.47
Interest Income Rev	Highway User Revenue	$441,670.74
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	LTAF II/ALF	$364,134.00
Federal Grant Revenue	General Fund	$114,432.00
State Grant Revenue	Grants	$99,675.00
Temp Traffic Control Rev	Highway User Revenue	$19,500.00
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	Highway User Revenue	$8,476.85
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	Transportation Improvement	$2,150.89
Traffic Impact Analysis Rev	General Fund	$630.00

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

Transportation salary totals by division, fiscal year 2025
Division	Published total
Streets Operations	$2,727,068.76
TSMO	$717,067.52
Traffic Engineering	$581,283.82
Transportation Administration	$536,748.94

Published salary total by fiscal year: $637K in 2024, $4.6M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

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