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City Budget Review

Information Technology budget, fiscal year 2026

Information Technology spent $12.5M in fiscal year 2026 — 2.7% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 12th-largest share.

Spending

$12.5M

2.7% of city spending · down 16% from 2025

Revenue

$102K

Salaries

$4.4M

Divisions

7

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$4.8M38% · 150 lines
Full-Time Salaries$3.7M29% · 333 lines
Technology Equip Under 10K$794K6.4% · 78 lines
Benefits-ASRS$492K3.9% · 327 lines
Cptl-Technology Equipment$484K3.9% · 33 lines
Paid Time Off$412K3.3% · 198 lines
Utilsvc-Telephone Service$291K2.3% · 92 lines
Benefits-Medical EPO$275K2.2% · 261 lines
38 other categories$1.3M11%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Grant Revenue-Other$100K98% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev$2K2.1% · 3 lines

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsOct 7, 2025The largest of 13 such lines among the top 15General Fund$698,594.83
Technology Equip Under 10KJan 14, 2026IT Asset Replacement$231,280.51
Cptl-Technology EquipmentNov 5, 2025IT Asset Replacement$132,927.12

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Grant Revenue-OtherGrants$100,000.00
Recovery of PY Expense-RevThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 4General Fund$1,339.46

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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
Technical Services$1,431,494.48
Application Services$988,462.02
Security Services$750,235.46
Geographical Info Systems$749,764.08
IT Admin$432,925.22

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2010, $4.4M in 2026. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.6M
  2. 2011$1.6M
  3. 2012$1.5M
  4. 2013$1.6M
  5. 2014$1.7M
  6. 2015$1.5M
  7. 2016$1.7M
  8. 2017$1.8M
  9. 2018$1.9M
  10. 2019$2.2M
  11. 2020$2.3M
  12. 2021$2.7M
  13. 2022$2.6M
  14. 2023$3.0M
  15. 2024$3.3M
  16. 2025$4.1M
  17. 2026$4.4M

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