City Budget Review

General Operations budget, fiscal year 2026

General Operations spent $26.1M in fiscal year 2026 — 5.7% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 7th-largest share.

Spending

$26.1M

5.7% of city spending · down 32% from 2025

Revenue

$293.9M

Salaries

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Divisions

Where the money went

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

General Operations spending by category, fiscal year 2026
Category	Total
Developer Reimbursement	$10.1M39% · 9 lines
OFU-Bond Principal	$6.6M25% · 4 lines
OFU-Bond Interest Exp	$5.3M20% · 11 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity	$2.6M9.8% · 1,694 lines
Legacy Workers' Comp	$1.2M4.4% · 104 lines
Prof Svc-Economic Development	$597K2.3% · 3 lines
Paid Time Off	$157K0.6% · 2 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other	$104K0.4% · 13 lines
4 other categories	($361K)

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

General Operations revenue by category, fiscal year 2026
Category	Total
Local Sales Tax Revenue	$120.4M41% · 1 line
Construction Sales Tax Revenue	$45.7M16% · 2 lines
State Shared Income Tax Rev	$32.6M11% · 1 line
State Shared Sales Tax Rev	$26.1M8.9% · 1 line
Property Tax Revenue	$22.3M7.6% · 137 lines
Interest Income Rev	$19.1M6.5% · 155 lines
Development Fees Revenue	$9.8M3.3% · 27 lines
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-County	$8.0M2.7% · 1 line
23 other categories	$10.0M3.4%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest General Operations payments, fiscal year 2026
Description	Fund	Amount
Developer ReimbursementMay 21, 2026The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15	General Fund	$4,821,085.42
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 30, 2026The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	GO Bond Debt Service	$2,790,000.00
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 26, 2026	Stadium Gov Debt Service 2015	$1,310,000.00
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJan 2, 2026The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15	GO Bond Debt Service	$1,202,971.88
OFU-Bond PrincipalJun 30, 2026	Marley Park Bond Debt Service	$950,000.00
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJan 2, 2026The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Marley Park Bond Debt Service	$582,007.52
Prof Svc-Economic DevelopmentJun 30, 2026	General Fund	$579,256.00
OFU-Bond Interest ExpJun 24, 2026	Sr Util. Refund Oblig Ser 2018	$446,250.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest General Operations revenue lines, fiscal year 2026
Description	Fund	Amount
Local Sales Tax Revenue	General Fund	$120,417,192.10
State Shared Income Tax Rev	General Fund	$32,632,412.99
Construction Sales Tax Revenue	General Capital Projects Fund	$27,165,134.87
State Shared Sales Tax Rev	General Fund	$26,075,980.38
Construction Sales Tax Revenue	Transportation Improvement	$18,521,682.86
Property Tax Revenue	General Fund	$10,292,878.31
Auto Lieu Tax (VLT)-County	General Fund	$7,960,697.30
Property Tax Revenue	GO Bond Debt Service	$7,042,359.47
Interest Income Rev	General Capital Projects Fund	$5,642,681.88
APS Franchise Revenue	General Fund	$4,522,153.41
Interest Income Rev	General Fund	$4,318,702.29
Property Tax Revenue	Marley Park Bond Debt Service	$1,825,897.71
Development Fees Revenue	Wtr Res Dev Fee	$1,698,490.44
Bed Tax Revenue	Tourism	$1,413,521.37
Interest Income Rev	Water Utility Capital	$1,370,047.77

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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.

The city published no salary totals for this department.

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

Where the money went

Where the money came from

Largest single payments

Largest revenue lines

Salaries by division

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