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City Budget Review

City Manager budget, fiscal year 2026

City Manager spent $10.8M in fiscal year 2026 — 2.4% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 13th-largest share.

Spending

$10.8M

2.4% of city spending · up 288% from 2025

Revenue

—

Salaries

$2.2M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Land$6.0M55% · 2 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.6M15% · 84 lines
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$1.0M9.5% · 8 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$913K8.5% · 3 lines
Benefits-ASRS$211K2.0% · 84 lines
Dues and Memberships$188K1.7% · 21 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$122K1.1% · 9 lines
Paid Time Off$109K1.0% · 29 lines
41 other categories$586K5.4%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

The city published no lines in this category.

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-LandAug 14, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$5,639,001.52
Cptl-Technology EquipmentAug 20, 2025General Capital Projects Fund$911,920.79
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresJun 30, 2026The largest of 6 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$228,099.97
Paid Time OffDec 12, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$98,378.15
Dues and MembershipsAug 27, 2025General Fund$94,131.00
Cptl-Imp Other Than Bldgs_LandOct 6, 2025General Capital Projects Fund$64,120.50
Full-Time SalariesJul 25, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$60,721.69

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

The city published no lines in this category.

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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$1,823,785.73
Government & Community Partner$229,174.14
Emergency Management$169,895.18

Published salary total by fiscal year: $392K in 2010, $2.2M in 2026. 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
  14. 2026$2.2M

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