Accountability · Votes
How they voted
Budgets, tax rates, big contracts, land deals and borrowing are decided by recorded votes. Here's how each elected official voted on the money decisions since 2024, from official minutes.
Minutes Jan 2024 to Oct 2026
Research compiled Oct 20, 2026
Research compiled Oct 20, 2026
The simple version
Reading the votes
- Most votes are unanimous. Many items pass 5-0, often together on a "consent agenda" with no discussion. A unanimous vote still means every member approved it.
- Split votes show disagreement. When the tally isn't unanimous, those are the decisions where members saw it differently. They're listed first below.
- Absent isn't a no. Members who missed a meeting are shown as absent.
Votes recorded351Money decisions with a source
Split votes115Not unanimous
Tax rate votes40Millage adoptions
Boards covered so far9 of 9School Board still limited
Split votes
Most recent first- Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Budget · $62,450,000 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Budget of $62,450,000.00 and adding Langton and Associates or a Grant writing service of $60,000.00 and Capital City Consultants or another State Lobbyist of $90,000.00 and advertise Request for Proposal’s within 30 days. Voting no: Robbie Hughes.
No: Robbie Hughes · Yes: Allan Branch, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Other 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to staff to provide a weekly report of all line-item budget transfers from now until the December meeting and bring these back for a review at the December 17, 2026, Commission Meeting. Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Budget 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget for all other funds for the City of Panama City. Voting no: Robbie Hughes.
No: Robbie Hughes · Yes: Allan Branch, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Other 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to keep Capital City Partners as a lobbyist through this budget year. Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Other 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to for one of the options, or an additional fourth option to reduce cost and scope, restructure the Information Technology Department. Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Contract 2-3 failedA motion to advertise for bids using the same specifications and include all the information from the previous Request for Proposal and use internal Engineers to make the recommendation failed 2-3. Voting no: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Josh Street.
No: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Josh Street · Yes: Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-22 · Contract 3-2 passedThe Commission voted 3-2 to award the bid to H. G. Harders and Sons, Inc. and begin as soon as possible. Voting no: Allan Branch, Josh Street.
No: Allan Branch, Josh Street · Yes: Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 22, 2026. - Minutes - Parker City Council 2026-09-09 · Tax rate 4-1 passedParker's tentative FY2027 tax rate passed 4-1, with Barrow voting no.
No: Tonya Barrow · Yes: Andrew Kelly, Katy Bodiford, Ron Chaple, Mark Rega
City of Parker - Agenda Special Council Meeting, Tentative Budget, September 9, 2026 - Parker City Council 2026-09-09 · Budget 4-1 passedThe tentative FY2027 budget passed 4-1, with Barrow voting no.
No: Tonya Barrow · Yes: Andrew Kelly, Katy Bodiford, Ron Chaple, Mark Rega
City of Parker - Agenda Special Council Meeting, Tentative Budget, September 9, 2026 - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-08 · Land 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to 6th Street and Harmon Avenue contract with MRS Enterprises LLC, adding two years to commence construction in the Sales Agreement. Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of September 8, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-09-08 · Budget · $62,450,000 3-2 passedThe Commission voted 3-2 to resolution 20260908.7 to adopt the tentative Fiscal Year 2027 Budget for the City of Panama City and Downtown Improvement Board and reduce the General Fund Budget to $62,450,000.00. Voting no: Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas.
No: Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City Budget Hearing September 8, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-08-11 · Other 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to postpone the request for severance pay indefinitely. Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of August 11, 2026. - Minutes - Mexico Beach City Council 2026-07-28 · CRA 3-2 passedThe council refused an after-the-fact incentive agreement with the Duren family, 3-2. The minutes do not name who voted which way.
No: not named in the minutes · Yes: not named
City of Mexico Beach July 28 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes (OCR of scanned minutes) - Panama City City Commission 2026-07-28 · Other 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to the plan presented with a six-month trial period (See Exhibit A). Voting no: Janice Lucas.
No: Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of July 28, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-07-28 · Borrowing · $73,000,000 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to budget Amendment Resolution 20260728.3 to provide for the first principal payment on the Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2025 in an amount not to exceed $73,000,000. Voting no: Josh Street.
No: Josh Street · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of July 28, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-07-28 · Contract 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to advertising for Request for Proposal and include that the city remove the utilities in the RFP. Director of Housing and Community Services, Sheila Ware, addressed the Commission. Voting no: Robbie Hughes.
No: Robbie Hughes · Yes: Allan Branch, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of July 28, 2026. - Minutes - Lynn Haven City Commission 2026-07-14 · Contract · $275,000 4-1 passedThe Lynn Haven Commission voted 4-1 to accept the proposal of a yearly flat rate of $275k for all legal services from Dunlap Shipman. Voting no: Jamie Warrick.
No: Jamie Warrick · Yes: Dave Lowery, Sam Peebles, Pat Perno, Judy Tinder
City of Lynn Haven 7/14/26 Commission Agenda - Minutes (agenda center) - Lynn Haven City Commission 2026-07-14 · Contract · $100,000 4-1 passedThe Lynn Haven Commission voted 4-1 to approve Resolution 2026-07-567 to award IFB 25.26-19 Asphalt Services to Insite Contractors Inc. as needed and not to exceed $100,000. Voting no: Judy Tinder.
No: Judy Tinder · Yes: Dave Lowery, Sam Peebles, Pat Perno, Jamie Warrick
City of Lynn Haven 7/14/26 Commission Agenda - Minutes (agenda center) - Panama City City Commission 2026-07-14 · Budget · $64,500,000 3-2 passedThe Commission voted 3-2 to proceed reducing the Budget $4.5 million dollars reflecting $64.5 million in overall expenses for the General Fund Budget. Voting no: Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger.
No: Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of July 14, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-06-09 · Contract 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to budget Amendment Resolution 20260609.5 and approval of payment to City Marina Partners LLC, pursuant to the Interim Agreement. Voting no: Josh Street.
No: Josh Street · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of June 9, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-06-09 · Contract 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to requiring all future contracts that involve hourly rates to be disclosed in advance and provide monthly billing. Voting no: Robbie Hughes.
No: Robbie Hughes · Yes: Allan Branch, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of June 9, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-05-26 · Contract · $2,387,451 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to martin Theatre Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $1,130,256.54, which includes a deductive Non-Federal Change Order of ($1,257,194.34) and a Federal Change Order of $2,387,450.88. Voting no: Josh Street.
No: Josh Street · Yes: Allan Branch, Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of May 26, 2026. - Minutes - Panama City City Commission 2026-05-26 · Land 3-2 passedThe Commission voted 3-2 to reimburse the housing program for maximum flexibility, create a standard listing agreement that staff will bring back to Commission, and create an incentive specifically for a Cottage Court Program. Voting no: Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas.
No: Robbie Hughes, Janice Lucas · Yes: Allan Branch, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of May 26, 2026. - Minutes - Lynn Haven City Commission 2026-05-12 · Contract 4-1 passedThe Lynn Haven Commission voted 4-1 to direct staff to move forward with bidding out James Rogers Park improvements, then decide after bids are received about which projects to continue, or whether to cancel the entire project. Voting no: Dave Lowery.
No: Dave Lowery · Yes: Sam Peebles, Pat Perno, Jamie Warrick, Judy Tinder
City of Lynn Haven 05/12/26 Commission Agenda - Minutes (agenda center) - Panama City City Commission 2026-05-12 · Contract · $95,000 4-1 passedThe Commission voted 4-1 to a Task Order and Budget Amendment 20260512.2 for Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to complete a Feasibility Study for a transfer station in the amount of $95,000.00. Voting no: Robbie Hughes.
No: Robbie Hughes · Yes: Allan Branch, Janice Lucas, Brian Grainger, Josh Street
City of Panama City City Commission Meeting of May 12, 2026. - Minutes
Every recorded vote
Members and their records
Counts cover only the votes recorded on this pageBay County Board of County Commissioners · 61 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Raffield | District 1 (Vice Chairman) | Nov 2028 (elected 2024) | 37 | 0 |
| Robert Carroll | District 2 | Nov 2026; re-elected unopposed in 2026 for a term to Nov 2030 (per 6/16/2026 minutes) | 61 | 0 |
| Doug Crosby | District 3 | Nov 2028 (elected 2024) | 37 | 0 |
| Douglas Moore | District 4 | Nov 2026 (successor Scott Duvall elected unopposed, per 6/16/2026 minutes) | 61 | 0 |
| Clair Pease | District 5 (Chairman) | Nov 2028 (seat on 2024 cycle) | 61 | 1 |
Panama City City Commission · 120 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Branch | Mayor (at large) | 2029 (elected April 2025, 4-year term) | 55 | 4 |
| Robbie Hughes | Ward 1 | 2029 (elected May 2025 runoff) | 55 | 13 |
| Janice Lucas | Ward 2 | 2027 (inferred from 2023 election cycle; verify) | 120 | 15 |
| Brian Grainger | Ward 3 | 2027 (inferred from 2023 election cycle; verify) | 120 | 5 |
| Josh Street | Ward 4 | 2029 (re-elected April 2025) | 120 | 13 |
Panama City Beach City Council (also sits as Front Beach Road CRA) · 21 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Tettemer | Mayor | unknown (not on fetched pages) | 21 | 0 |
| Michael Jarman | Vice Mayor / Ward | unknown | 21 | 2 |
| Ethan Register | Councilman | unknown | 21 | 0 |
| Paul Casto | Councilman | unknown | 21 | 0 |
| Mary Coburn | Councilmember | unknown | 21 | 1 |
Lynn Haven City Commission · 49 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave (David) Lowery | Mayor | unknown | — | — |
| Sam Peebles | Commissioner (Mayor Pro Tem in 2025) | unknown | 49 | 5 |
| Pat Perno | Commissioner | unknown | 49 | 2 |
| Jamie Warrick | Commissioner | unknown | 49 | 6 |
| Judy Tinder | Commissioner | unknown | 37 | 12 |
Callaway City Commission · 30 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamn Henderson | Mayor | unknown | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Birdsell | Ward I (appointed Oct 2025) | unknown | 8 | 0 |
| David Griggs | Ward II (Mayor Pro Tem) | unknown | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Pelletier | Ward III | unknown | 30 | 5 |
| Kenneth L. Ayers, Jr. | Ward IV | unknown | 30 | 0 |
Springfield City Commission · 11 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Hammond | Mayor | unknown (presided at 2025 meetings; not on current City Commission page) | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Griffis | Ward 1 | unknown (serving since 2023) | 11 | 0 |
| Richard Chval | Ward 2 | unknown (serving since 2024) | 11 | 0 |
| Jackie Kennington | Ward 3 | unknown (serving since 2016) | 11 | 0 |
| Cindy Hamre | Ward 4 | unknown (serving since 2022) | 11 | 0 |
Parker City Council · 14 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kelly | Mayor | unknown | 14 | 0 |
| Tonya Barrow | Mayor Pro Tem | unknown | 14 | 7 |
| Katy Bodiford | Council Member | unknown | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Chaple | Council Member | unknown | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Rega | Council Member | unknown | 3 | 0 |
Mexico Beach City Council · 20 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Wolff | Mayor (Group 1) | May 2027 | 19 | 2 |
| Erik Fosshage | Group 2 | May 2027 | 11 | 1 |
| Linda Hamilton | Group 3 | May 2027 | 19 | 1 |
| Lisa Logan | Group 4 (appointed April 2026) | 2028 (until next regular election) | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Cox | Group 5 | 2028 | 11 | 0 |
Bay District School Board · 2 votes recorded
| Member | Seat | Term | Recorded votes | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Register | District 1 | Nov 2028 (seat on 2024 cycle; inferred) | 2 | 0 |
| Ann Leonard | District 2 | Nov 2026 (Ginger Littleton won Aug 2026 primary for this seat) | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Moore | District 3 | Nov 2026 (joined Nov 2022) | 2 | 0 |
| Winston Chester | District 4 | Nov 2028 (seat on 2024 cycle; inferred) | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Moss | District 5 | Nov 2026 (seat on 2022 cycle; inferred) | 2 | 0 |
Coverage and gaps
Votes come from official minutes; where minutes give only a tally, members are shown as "unknown". Minutes for Lynn Haven, Callaway, Panama City Beach, Mexico Beach, Parker and Springfield are mostly scanned and were read with text recognition, so check the linked minutes before relying on any single vote.
- Every vote comes from official minutes, except where source_title names a news outlet or an agenda packet. by_member values come from the roll call or tally in the minutes. 'unknown' means the source gives no names.
- Bay County BOCC: minutes come from the Clerk of Court's OnBase public search (https://bayforms.baycoclerk.com/PublicAccess/PublicRecordSearch/, query 'BOCC - Minutes Search'). Document links there are session-specific, so source_url points to the search page and source_title names the meeting date. Agenda packets are on PrimeGov (https://baycountyfl.primegov.com/public/portal). The minutes record 'Upon a roll call, the motion carried 5-0' plus named absences, abstentions and no votes, so by_member is derived from that.
- BOCC consent-agenda contracts (marked '(consent)') were approved in a single consent motion. The tally shown is that motion's tally.
- Panama City and its CRA: the minutes list every YEA and NAY by name, so by_member comes straight from the roll call. A member who appears in neither list is marked 'absent'; that can also mean they abstained or left the room.
- Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Parker: the minutes list each member's aye/nay. Callaway, Mexico Beach and Springfield minutes usually say only 'carried unanimously' and name the dissenters. Members listed as present were recorded as 'yes' on unanimous votes.
- Many Lynn Haven, Callaway, Panama City Beach, Mexico Beach, Parker and Springfield minutes are scanned images. Their text was produced by OCR (tesseract), so a few names or amounts may carry OCR errors. Check the source PDF before publishing any single item.
- Plain summaries for Panama City, Lynn Haven, Callaway and PCB were generated from the motion text in the minutes and lightly cleaned. Item text may be truncated.
- Amounts are the largest dollar figure in the motion. They are null when the motion states no amount.
- Lynn Haven commissioner Judy Vandergrift served through May 2025; Judy Tinder voted from Sept. 2025. These appear to be different people: Tinder spoke as a resident in 2024. Mayor Jesse Nelson was followed by Dave Lowery in early 2026.
What we couldn't find (8)
- Bay County BOCC: the Clerk has not posted minutes for the Sept. 3 and Sept. 16, 2025 (FY2026) budget hearings, for any 2026 meeting after June 16, 2026 (including the July 21, 2026 maximum-millage vote and the Sept. 15/23, 2026 FY2027 hearings), or for Jan. 22, Dec. 2 and Dec. 16, 2025 and March 3, 2026. FY2026 and FY2027 final votes are recorded from agenda packets and news, with roll calls unknown.
- Bay District School Board: the district website (bay.k12.fl.us) blocks automated access and no board-minutes portal could be reached. Only budget items with news-reported outcomes are included, and individual votes are unknown. Contracts, land deals and split votes for the school board are not covered. This is the largest gap.
- Panama City Beach: the Granicus archive has council minutes for 2025-2026 but only March 2024 for 2024, so 2024 PCB votes, including the FY2025 budget, are missing. pcbfl.gov blocks automated access, so PCB seat numbers and term ends are not recorded. Some PCB minutes were OCR'd from the first 12 pages only.
- Mexico Beach and Parker: council minutes are scanned PDFs. Budget hearings were read in full; regular meetings were OCR'd from the first 8 pages and parsed for split or money votes, so some items may be missed. Parker's FY2027 final budget hearing (Sept. 24, 2026) minutes were not yet posted. Mexico Beach FY2025 final minutes do not restate the millage rate.
- Springfield: only some minutes are posted in the document library, and the FY2025 (Sept. 16, 2024) and FY2027 (Sept. 22, 2026) final budget hearing minutes were not found. Those budgets are recorded from the adopted resolutions, with votes unknown.
- Term-end dates for most city officials are not on the city sites that were fetched. They are marked 'unknown' or inferred from election cycles and labeled as inferred.
- CRA boards: Panama City, Lynn Haven and Callaway CRA votes are included where minutes were parsed. The PCB Front Beach Road CRA is the PCB council sitting as the CRA, and its votes may appear under pcb-council. Springfield and Parker CRA actions appear only in budget items.
- Coverage of $1M+ contracts is fullest for the BOCC and Panama City (read from text-based minutes). For the smaller cities it depends on OCR quality.