The 26 senior councillors, including leader David Hodge and deputy leader Peter Martin, spent the cash on an overnight stay at 12th century Farnham Castle in November.
The council was not able to say what the members did during the trip.
"Heartless" thieves stole lead from the Children's Trust causing leaking water to ruin fundraising equipment.
Following two early morning raids at the charity's Tadworth Court base during October, hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused.
As a result, the trust had to fork out for new security systems along with the renovations.
A succession of roadworks caused headaches for drivers on the A217.
Work to repair Reigate Hill footbridge ran past its scheduled December finishing date, reducing traffic to a single lane in each direction.
Resurfacing work in Banstead also imposed a 10mph speed limit on the major arterial route.
Michael Gosling, Surrey County Council member for Banstead South, said: "We've just got to grin and bear it."
A CCTV camera which never solved a crime was scrapped and replaced with a new £8,000 system.
Bletchingley Parish Council decided to splash the cash in May after scrapping the village's one roaming camera, affectionately named Metal Mickey. It emerged police had requested tapes from the camera several times, only to find "Mickey" had not recorded anything.
Problems continued with rising lorry numbers on the A25.
The issue was highlighted in January, after a charity Santa collection had a near-miss with a lorry near Bletchingley.
Community group Traffic Action Group-A25 began the year collecting figures which they said showed a "hazardous" increase in lorry traffic.
A COMMUNITY pulled together to help a youngster walk for the first time.
Sophie Hutson, three, of Warlingham, has cerebral palsy, meaning she cannot stand or walk unaided.
Her parents Terry and Lisa are trying to raise £60,000 for a life-changing operation and have raised nearly £50,000 through sponsored events such as Zumba classes, supermarket bag packing and horse riding.
A student rushed to save the life of a football referee who suffered an allergic reaction to a bee sting.
Whyteleafe FC physiotherapist Gemma Clark raced to help Ashley Slaughter, after he collapsed holding his neck during a game at the club's Church Road ground in March.
The second-year sports therapy student put Mr Slaughter into the recovery position and kept talking to him and monitoring his breathing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
Brothers Tom and Bill Casserley took on a unique challenge when they ran the London Marathon dressed as a pantomime horse.
The Reigate-based pair took on the task to raise £2,000 for Help for Hospices and set a new world record by completing the course in less than five hours.
Volunteers helped make history as the Olympic Torch passed through East Surrey. Crowds lined the route to watch the iconic flame pass through Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill and Reigate in July. Some residents even got their hands on the flame, with Amy Earl, 15, of Caterham, and wheelchair-bound composer Thomas Blumire, 19, of Redhill, among the lucky torchbearers.
Oakwood School completed a dramatic turnaround by stepping out of special measures one year after being branded "inadequate".
The Horley school had showed continuing improvement during the year, according to schools inspector Ofsted and was deemed "satisfactory" in July – exactly 12 months after being put into special measures.
