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City Budget Review

Parks and Recreation budget, fiscal year 2026

Parks and Recreation spent $20.6M in fiscal year 2026 — 4.5% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 9th-largest share.

Spending

$20.6M

4.5% of city spending · down 54% from 2025

Revenue

$3.7M

Salaries

$5.6M

Divisions

10

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$4.4M21% · 537 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$2.6M13% · 761 lines
Building Maintenance$1.6M7.8% · 72 lines
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$1.3M6.2% · 9 lines
Parks Maintenance$934K4.5% · 59 lines
Operational Supplies$799K3.9% · 377 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$777K3.8% · 96 lines
Utilsvc-Water$747K3.6% · 249 lines
78 other categories$7.5M36%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Program Fee Revenue$2.6M70% · 4 lines
Class Fees Revenue$426K11% · 2 lines
Facility Use Revenue$233K6.2% · 3 lines
Concessions Sales Revenue$119K3.1% · 1 line
Ramada Rentals$84K2.2% · 1 line
Tennis Lessons Revenue$83K2.2% · 1 line
Tennis Pro Shop Retail Revenue$82K2.2% · 1 line
Sponsorships$59K1.5% · 3 lines
7 other categories$53K1.4%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresSep 17, 2025The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$529,793.00
Building MaintenanceNov 21, 2025The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Parks & Recreation Asset Repl$407,680.00
Grounds MaintenanceSep 23, 2025Parks & Recreation Asset Repl$229,800.00
Parks MaintenanceApr 14, 2026The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Parks & Recreation Asset Repl$204,194.18
Cptl-Furn_Fixture_Office EquipOct 30, 2025General Capital Projects Fund$107,482.41
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherJun 30, 2026General Capital Projects Fund$98,020.06
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsNov 18, 2025General Fund$73,681.95
Operational SuppliesMar 10, 2026General Fund$72,236.33

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$1,932,732.41
Class Fees RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$278,210.82
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Fund$139,226.75
Concessions Sales RevenueGeneral Fund$118,937.50
Ramada RentalsGeneral Fund$83,941.83
Tennis Lessons RevenueGeneral Fund$83,347.85
Tennis Pro Shop Retail RevenueGeneral Fund$82,480.00
SponsorshipsSponsorships$53,500.00
Special Events RevenueGeneral Fund$34,385.42
Miscellaneous RevenueGeneral Fund$9,532.65

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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
Parks & Rec Admin and Support$3,594,139.38
Recreation Programs$883,807.34
Aquatics$708,967.22
Tennis$222,529.84
Special Events$185,347.76

Published salary total by fiscal year: $3.4M in 2019, $5.6M in 2026. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2019$3.4M
  2. 2020$3.6M
  3. 2021$3.1M
  4. 2022$3.4M
  5. 2023$3.7M
  6. 2024$4.2M
  7. 2025$5.2M
  8. 2026$5.6M

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