City Budget Review
Surprise city budget, fiscal year 2026
The City of Surprise published $455.3M in spending and $476.4M in revenue across 22 departments in fiscal year 2026. Fire-Medical, Police and Water Resource Management were the largest, together 39% of spending.
Total spending
$455.3M
down 5.4% from 2025
Total revenue
$476.4M
Departments
22
What moved. The largest increase was Water Resource Management, up $10.7M from 2025. The largest decrease was Parks and Recreation, down $23.8M.
| Department | Spending | Revenue | Salaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire-Medical | $60.2M13% of totaldown 17% from 2025 | $9.4M | $23.7M |
| Police | $59.9M13% of totalup 11% from 2025 | $3.6M | $28.7M |
| Water Resource Management | $59.7M13% of totalup 22% from 2025 | $5.2M | $8.8M |
| Transportation | $53.0M12% of totaldown 27% from 2025 | $12.1M | $5.1M |
| Public Works | $42.2M9.3% of totalup 5.4% from 2025 | $5.5M | $10.4M |
| Human Resources | $34.7M7.6% of totalup 6.5% from 2025 | $28.7M | $2.5M |
| General Operations | $26.1M5.7% of totaldown 32% from 2025 | $293.9M | — |
| Human Services and Community Vitality | $21.3M4.7% of totalup 90% from 2025 | $17.2M | $2.2M |
| Parks and Recreation | $20.6M4.5% of totaldown 54% from 2025 | $3.7M | $5.6M |
| Sports, Entertainment and Culture | $15.5M3.4% of total | $6.8M | $2.6M |
| Finance | $13.2M2.9% of totalup 13% from 2025 | $74.6M | $6.4M |
| Information Technology | $12.5M2.7% of totaldown 16% from 2025 | $102K | $4.4M |
| City Manager | $10.8M2.4% of totalup 288% from 2025 | — | $2.2M |
| Community Development | $7.6M1.7% of totalup 2.2% from 2025 | $14.0M | $4.9M |
| Library | $4.0M0.9% of total | $179K | $2.0M |
| City Court | $3.5M0.8% of totalup 9.5% from 2025 | $1.2M | $2.4M |
| Economic Development | $3.4M0.7% of totalup 12% from 2025 | $213K | $1.1M |
| City Attorney | $3.1M0.7% of totaldown 3.0% from 2025 | $6K | $2.4M |
| Marketing and Communications | $2.1M0.5% of totalup 19% from 2025 | $30K | $1.2M |
| City Clerk | $951K0.2% of totaldown 13% from 2025 | $119K | $663K |
| Mayor and Council | $585K0.1% of totaldown 4.9% from 2025 | — | $234K |
| City Auditor | $510K0.1% of totaldown 3.3% from 2025 | — | $221K |
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