Accountability · Who gets paid
Who gets paid: tourism agencies
Every payment by the three agencies that spend Bay County's tourist development tax on marketing, from the monthly check registers kept by the Clerk of Court. The county's own payments are on the Contracts page.
Registers through July 2026
The simple version
Where the bed tax goes after the county
- Visitors pay a 5% bed tax on hotel and rental stays. Part of it pays three agencies that market each tourism area: Panama City Beach, Panama City and Mexico Beach.
- The Clerk pays their bills. Each agency's payments are listed in the Clerk's monthly check register. That's what this page shows: $60.7M in payments over the months covered. A few months were never posted; they're listed under Sources and gaps.
- Some bills hide the details. Credit card payments and payroll services show as one payment; what was bought isn't listed. Payments to individual people are counted but not named.
In January 2026 the Clerk of Court published an action plan for Visit Panama City Beach, describing a criminal investigation and forensic audit and putting the agency's payments under the Clerk's review. The payments here are listed as recorded; this site makes no finding about any of them.
Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Panama City Beach) - Bay County TDC
FY2024: 12 of 12 months · FY2025: 12 of 12 months · FY2026: 7 of 12 monthsPaid out$54.0M4,309 payments in the months covered
Payees654Top 200 of 654 payees shown
Checked31 of 31 monthsmonths match the register's printed total
To individuals$971K414 payments, not named here
| Paid to | Total | Payments | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CyBear Interactive | $5.1M | 34 | $2.0M | $1.7M | $1.4M |
| Luckie & Company, LLC | $3.1M | 32 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $426K |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | $3.0M | 29 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $698K |
| BGN Contractors | $2.4M | 13 | — | $1.6M | $739K |
| Radiant Live Events | $1.8M | 1 | — | — | $1.8M |
| Direct Deposit Payroll or benefits | $1.3M | 23 | — | $1.0M | $258K |
| PCB Entertainment LLC | $1.2M | 3 | $375K | $375K | $500K |
| Pandora Media, Inc | $1.2M | 33 | $526K | $499K | $201K |
| Paychex DirDep-RCX Payroll or benefits | $1.2M | 24 | $1.2M | — | — |
| AMEX Credit card bill | $1.1M | 53 | $501K | $644K | — |
| Lose Design | $973K | 41 | $447K | $181K | $345K |
| Meredith | $957K | 15 | $348K | $379K | $231K |
| Lou Hammond Group | $921K | 56 | $377K | $383K | $162K |
| Florida Blue Payroll or benefits | $774K | 85 | $228K | $370K | $175K |
| Lamar Companies | $732K | 36 | $231K | $228K | $273K |
| World Triathalon Corporation | $720K | 9 | $175K | $305K | $240K |
| WAGE PAY ADP WAGE PAY Payroll or benefits | $611K | 13 | $54K | $557K | — |
| City of Panama City Beach Government | $585K | 47 | $196K | $307K | $82K |
| Pinfish Media, LLC | $554K | 12 | $242K | $234K | $77K |
| Northwest Fl Tourism Council | $538K | 3 | $179K | $179K | $179K |
| Visit Florida | $519K | 25 | $398K | $67K | $55K |
| Okaloosa County BOCC Government | $500K | 2 | $500K | — | — |
| Simpleview LLC | $487K | 25 | $306K | $181K | — |
| Seabreeze Jazz Festival | $451K | 7 | $150K | $150K | $151K |
| Pyro Shows, Inc | $430K | 22 | $170K | $164K | $98K |
| Publix Sports Park | $408K | 31 | $89K | $191K | $129K |
| Pinterest, Inc | $407K | 28 | $167K | $159K | $81K |
| Paychex Taxpay Payroll or benefits | $404K | 24 | $404K | — | — |
| John Hancock Payroll or benefits | $391K | 52 | $171K | $183K | $37K |
| Bay Point Billfish Open | $355K | 3 | — | $205K | $150K |
| Palm Beach Media Group | $350K | 15 | — | $175K | $175K |
| Travelscape, LLC | $341K | 20 | $71K | $186K | $84K |
| Panache Tent & Event, Inc | $332K | 23 | $160K | $131K | $41K |
| Kody Foundation, Inc | $331K | 8 | $165K | $106K | $60K |
| Florida Film Office, Inc | $329K | 32 | $44K | $56K | $230K |
| HMX Productions | $318K | 13 | $138K | $145K | $35K |
| Gosh PR | $315K | 46 | $130K | $123K | $62K |
| ADP Payroll or benefits | $311K | 40 | — | $272K | $39K |
| Granicus LLC | $307K | 18 | — | $85K | $222K |
| Who Dey | $291K | 55 | $67K | $73K | $150K |
| Southeastern Outdoor Mgt Inc | $290K | 21 | $255K | $21K | $14K |
| iHeart Media | $281K | 50 | $94K | $111K | $77K |
| Young Strategies | $265K | 19 | $114K | $104K | $46K |
| ACH PMT AMEX EPAYMENT Credit card bill | $259K | 2 | — | $259K | — |
| Careco Multimedia Entertainment, LLC | $256K | 10 | $157K | $62K | $38K |
| Bay County TPO Government | $244K | 13 | $197K | $47K | — |
| Emerald Coast Cruizin, LLC | $230K | 13 | $94K | $105K | $31K |
| Lawnscapes, Inc | $226K | 8 | $184K | $43K | — |
| ProTech Svs of NW Fla | $224K | 12 | $59K | $129K | $36K |
| Thunder Beach Productions | $222K | 4 | $73K | $99K | $49K |
| Bay Point Billfish, LLC | $221K | 3 | $150K | $71K | — |
| TripAdvisor, LLC | $215K | 30 | $91K | $81K | $43K |
| RC Weddings & Events | $214K | 14 | $102K | $100K | $12K |
| JBJ Productions | $207K | 9 | $68K | $80K | $60K |
| Grand Slam Sports Tournaments | $205K | 3 | $55K | — | $150K |
| Hancock Investments | $200K | 1 | — | $200K | — |
| ADP Tax ADP Tax Payroll or benefits | $193K | 14 | $17K | $176K | — |
| Priceline | $193K | 10 | $68K | $105K | $19K |
| Waypoint Communications | $193K | 24 | $71K | $37K | $84K |
| Hutt Insurance Agency, Inc | $191K | 27 | $60K | $84K | $48K |
| Beach Movement Event Management | $182K | 7 | $53K | $65K | $63K |
| Lieb Management | $176K | 25 | $73K | $103K | — |
| WJHG-TV | $169K | 38 | $32K | $57K | $80K |
| VR Market Data, LLC | $167K | 2 | $167K | — | — |
| Walter Marine 1 LLC | $160K | 2 | — | — | $160K |
| Tri Native Contractors, Inc | $155K | 2 | — | — | $155K |
| Carvertise | $154K | 13 | $53K | $54K | $47K |
| Tom P. Haney Technical College | $150K | 2 | — | — | $150K |
| AMPERSAND | $150K | 2 | $150K | — | — |
| Panama City Symphony Orchestra | $141K | 6 | $42K | $49K | $50K |
| Emerald Coast Boat & Lifestyle | $140K | 3 | $50K | $50K | $40K |
| Beach House Logos | $136K | 23 | $60K | $55K | $21K |
| Spotify | $132K | 8 | $132K | — | — |
| WSL | $130K | 3 | $30K | $50K | $50K |
| Hand Arendall Harrison Sale, LLC | $126K | 27 | $80K | $42K | $3,455 |
| The Knot Worldwide | $125K | 9 | $56K | $60K | $9,646 |
| Hopper (USA) Inc | $121K | 5 | $71K | $50K | — |
| Byrd Security Srvs LLC | $119K | 7 | $10K | $29K | $80K |
| CRI | $119K | 16 | $24K | $95K | — |
| Blossoms | $116K | 14 | $49K | $55K | $13K |
| C&A Builders, Inc | $115K | 13 | $45K | $59K | $11K |
| WMBB-TV | $113K | 30 | $36K | $69K | $7,965 |
| Off Duty Management | $109K | 13 | $5,852 | $44K | $59K |
| Destinations International | $105K | 5 | $39K | $41K | $24K |
| GTS Entertainment Group, Inc | $102K | 18 | $40K | $47K | $15K |
| United Talent Agency | $101K | 8 | $38K | $49K | $15K |
| Foundation for Parks and Recreation Government | $100K | 1 | $100K | — | — |
| USFA | $100K | 2 | $50K | — | $50K |
| Publicis Epsilon Collections Account | $100K | 4 | — | $50K | $50K |
| DSI Security Services | $93K | 19 | $27K | $42K | $23K |
| Abe Froman Productions | $92K | 3 | — | $31K | $62K |
| Fine Productions | $92K | 3 | $79K | $12K | — |
| Gulf Fence & Construction | $90K | 1 | $90K | — | — |
| Property Innovations, Inc | $89K | 9 | $43K | $18K | $28K |
| Rowland Publishing, Inc | $87K | 7 | $87K | — | — |
| DAG Architects Inc | $87K | 12 | $11K | $31K | $44K |
| Kenilworth Media Inc | $84K | 21 | $47K | $29K | $7,705 |
| QuickBooks Payments | $84K | 9 | $557 | $3,284 | $80K |
| Bag Tags, Inc | $83K | 13 | $2,256 | $2,803 | $78K |
| DMW Law Group | $82K | 8 | — | $13K | $69K |
| WSB-TV | $82K | 3 | — | $82K | — |
| Sunbelt Rentals | $81K | 19 | $12K | $38K | $31K |
| Jun Group | $81K | 5 | $81K | — | — |
| Key Data Dashboard, Inc | $80K | 1 | — | $80K | — |
| Ski Productions LLC | $80K | 5 | $45K | $24K | $11K |
| Sharky's Restaurant | $78K | 3 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $75K |
| Bay Economic Development | $75K | 3 | $25K | $25K | $25K |
| Battlesports | $74K | 1 | — | $74K | — |
| Coastal Waste and Recycling | $73K | 13 | $1,400 | $5,269 | $66K |
| CrowdRiff | $71K | 3 | $23K | $24K | $24K |
| United Healthcare (UHC) Payroll or benefits | $70K | 3 | $70K | — | — |
| Cleaning Plus Janitorial Svs, LLC | $70K | 32 | $27K | $30K | $13K |
| Paychex Payroll or benefits | $68K | 39 | $67K | $825 | $75 |
| Blue Shield Payroll or benefits | $67K | 3 | $45K | $22K | — |
| LSC Communications llc | $66K | 2 | $66K | — | — |
| OPA Signs and Graphics | $65K | 2 | — | — | $65K |
| PG Environmental FL, LLC | $60K | 13 | $18K | $22K | $20K |
| Madden Media | $60K | 12 | $55K | $4,583 | — |
| Linkedin Corp | $59K | 8 | $19K | $20K | $20K |
| WOOF | $57K | 19 | $8,270 | $7,357 | $42K |
| FSU Panama City Foundation | $57K | 2 | $7,000 | $50K | — |
| Women's Civic Club of PCB | $54K | 15 | $17K | $14K | $23K |
| id3 Group, LLC | $53K | 1 | $53K | — | — |
| Florida Society of Assoc Executives | $52K | 26 | $21K | $25K | $7,136 |
| Atlas Lighting & Electrical | $51K | 9 | $18K | $33K | — |
| Alphonso Inc | $50K | 3 | — | — | $50K |
| TrueX | $50K | 2 | $50K | — | — |
| DDA CHECK XXXXXX9305 bank transfer (payee not named) | $50K | 1 | $50K | — | — |
| Adara Inc | $50K | 2 | $50K | — | — |
| The Florida State University Foundation, Inc | $50K | 1 | — | $50K | — |
| Athletx | $50K | 2 | — | $50K | — |
| Affinity Global Inc | $50K | 1 | — | $50K | — |
| FSU Foundation, Inc | $50K | 1 | — | — | $50K |
| Vyde LTD | $50K | 3 | $50K | — | — |
| US Specialty Coatings | $50K | 8 | $6,977 | $34K | $8,857 |
| Due North Consulting, Inc | $49K | 15 | $19K | $18K | $12K |
| Rubin, Turnbull & Associates Inc | $49K | 5 | — | — | $49K |
| RateGain Adara Inc | $48K | 6 | $8,307 | $34K | $6,477 |
| Unicomm, LLC | $47K | 2 | $16K | $31K | — |
| Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce | $46K | 7 | $1,600 | $23K | $21K |
| The Print Center | $46K | 36 | $17K | $20K | $9,616 |
| Arrivalist Co | $45K | 1 | — | $45K | — |
| SPORTAFLEX | $44K | 2 | — | $6,121 | $38K |
| Press Print Graphics | $44K | 26 | $13K | $9,028 | $22K |
| Boardwalk Beach Hotel | $42K | 8 | $500 | $19K | $23K |
| priceline.com LLC | $41K | 2 | — | — | $41K |
| FISHCO Graphics and Signs 1 | $41K | 5 | $3,034 | $26K | $12K |
| Edgewater Gymnastics | $40K | 4 | $10K | $10K | $20K |
| Disposal Services LLC | $40K | 5 | $8,412 | $25K | $6,695 |
| Timmins Consulting, LLC | $39K | 3 | — | — | $39K |
| NorthStar Travel Media, LLC | $39K | 12 | $14K | $21K | $3,900 |
| Annett Bus Lines | $39K | 5 | $11K | $21K | $7,500 |
| Destination Media | $38K | 2 | $24K | $14K | — |
| FMV Innovations | $37K | 10 | — | $1,413 | $36K |
| LINKS Magazine | $37K | 1 | — | — | $37K |
| US Travel Assoc | $36K | 3 | $26K | $10K | — |
| Schooners Last Beach Resort | $35K | 1 | — | $35K | — |
| Coastal Protection Engineering LLC | $35K | 1 | $35K | — | — |
| Destinations Florida, Inc | $35K | 2 | $17K | $18K | — |
| AJR Publishing Inc | $34K | 7 | $16K | $16K | $2,900 |
| NorthStar | $34K | 7 | $22K | $12K | — |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc | $34K | 3 | $11K | $11K | $12K |
| KLW Enterprises | $34K | 17 | $17K | $10K | $6,639 |
| Logo Print & Promo | $32K | 18 | $15K | $7,716 | $9,543 |
| The Windscreen Factory | $32K | 4 | $32K | — | — |
| Miles Partnership | $32K | 3 | $11K | $11K | $11K |
| Interior Contract Services | $31K | 2 | $31K | — | — |
| RiverWay South Apalachicola Chocotawhatch | $30K | 2 | $15K | $15K | — |
| Supreme Entertainment Artists, LLC | $30K | 2 | — | $30K | — |
| Snap Soccer LLC | $30K | 2 | — | $15K | $15K |
| Kayak Software | $30K | 3 | — | $30K | — |
| E-proDirect LLC | $30K | 31 | $9,586 | $12K | $7,856 |
| FPL | $30K | 30 | $12K | $14K | $2,978 |
| Rachelle Youd Designs | $29K | 2 | $5,000 | — | $24K |
| HELMS BRISCOE PERFORMANCE GROUP INC | $29K | 2 | $7,350 | $22K | — |
| Outdoor Aluminum, INC | $28K | 1 | — | $28K | — |
| TRADE PRESS MEDIA GROUP, INC | $28K | 4 | $1,000 | $21K | $6,000 |
| PREMIUM BLUECROSSFLORIDA Payroll or benefits | $28K | 4 | — | $28K | — |
| Emerald Coast Theater | $28K | 3 | $17K | $11K | — |
| The Sports Facilities Companies | $28K | 4 | $21K | $1,100 | $5,000 |
| FTS, LLC | $28K | 1 | — | $28K | — |
| Beach Stilts Entertainment, LLC | $27K | 11 | $11K | $12K | $4,465 |
| WDHN | $27K | 6 | $1,318 | — | $26K |
| Three Part Films Company | $26K | 3 | — | $4,844 | $22K |
| Make A Wish | $26K | 4 | $8,300 | $8,469 | $9,674 |
| Santa David Children's Fund | $26K | 4 | $13K | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| Gypsy Belle Photo Bus, LLC | $26K | 3 | $20K | $6,000 | — |
| Skypro Studios | $26K | 7 | $12K | $14K | — |
| Wasserman Music, LLC | $26K | 4 | $6,000 | $20K | — |
| Gameday USA | $25K | 1 | $25K | — | — |
| Clicktripz | $25K | 2 | $25K | — | — |
| DDA CHECK XXXXXX9968 bank transfer (payee not named) | $25K | 1 | — | $25K | — |
| Silverpush Inc | $25K | 1 | — | $25K | — |
| Athletx Sports Group, LLC | $25K | 1 | — | — | $25K |
| Tipton Marler | $25K | 9 | $10K | $7,135 | $7,848 |
| Pier Park | $25K | 15 | $11K | $14K | — |
| WAGA-TV | $25K | 3 | — | $25K | — |
| Florida Sport Fishing | $25K | 11 | $2,499 | $3,996 | $18K |
| US Relay | $25K | 32 | $5,845 | $5,676 | $13K |
| Gulf Coast State College Foundation, Inc | $24K | 1 | $24K | — | — |
Each amount links to that year's registers below. The registers are monthly, so a payee's total for a year comes from one or more of that year's files.
Monthly check registers (31)
- FY2024: Oct 2023, Nov 2023, Dec 2023, Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, May 2024, Jun 2024, Jul 2024, Aug 2024, Sep 2024
- FY2025: Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024, Jan 2025, Feb 2025, Mar 2025, Apr 2025, May 2025, Jun 2025, Jul 2025, Aug 2025, Sep 2025
- FY2026: Oct 2025, Nov 2025, Mar 2026, Apr 2026, May 2026, Jun 2026, Jul 2026
The Clerk of Court's monthly "Check Register – Sorted by Dollar Amount," attached to County Commission agendas. Each file has a section for this agency.
Notes on this register (4)
- Source: the Bay County Clerk of Court & Comptroller's monthly 'Check Register - Sorted by Dollar Amount'. Each register has a section for the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Panama City and Mexico Beach Community Development Councils, the three agencies funded by the county's tourist development tax. As of 2026-10-21 all months come from the text-PDF copies in the Clerk's OnBase public records search ('BOCC - Check Registry Search', bayforms.baycoclerk.com), so no OCR was needed, except December 2024, which is missing from OnBase and was read by OCR from the scanned copy attached to the Feb 4, 2025 BOCC agenda. Every month's parsed rows were added up and match the printed section total to the cent (see reconciliation); no amounts were corrected. Vendor names are as printed, with spelling variants merged. Payments to individual people (performers, contractors, refunds, staff reimbursements, employee expense reports) are excluded from the vendor list and only counted in excluded_individuals. Payroll processors, withholding/benefit remittances, credit-card bill payments and unnamed bank transfers are kept but labeled in 'category'. Voided checks appear as negative amounts and are netted. Fiscal year = Oct 1-Sep 30.
- Visit Panama City Beach is the Panama City Beach CVB, Inc., which runs marketing for the Bay County Tourist Development Council. Its money comes mainly from county transfers of tourist development tax (the BOCC register shows payments to the CVB of $11.5M, $18.2M and $9.1M in the FY2024-FY2026 months covered, per the Contracts page); this list shows how the CVB spent it.
- November 2024: the register's CVB and Panama City CDC headings (and their printed totals) are swapped. Check-number series (CVB 29xxx-30xxx, CDC 10xxx) and vendors show which is which, and the rows here are assigned by content.
- In January 2026 the Clerk published an 'Action Plan for Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau' after what it calls a discovery of flagrant fraud. It describes a criminal investigation and forensic audit as ongoing and moves CVB payments under Clerk pre-audit (apps.baycoclerk.com). The payments listed here are the payments as recorded; this file makes no finding about any of them.
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Panama City Community Development Council (Destination Panama City) - Bay County TDC
FY2024: 12 of 12 months · FY2025: 12 of 12 months · FY2026: 7 of 12 monthsPaid out$4.6M1,020 payments in the months covered
Payees174All 174 payees shown
Checked31 of 31 monthsmonths match the register's printed total
To individuals$82K76 payments, not named here
| Paid to | Total | Payments | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Federal Bank | $641K | 28 | $244K | $249K | $148K |
| Aqua | $453K | 19 | — | $231K | $222K |
| Alabama Media Group | $415K | 16 | $319K | $96K | — |
| MWB | $314K | 5 | $286K | $28K | — |
| BMR Building Solutions, LLC | $236K | 3 | — | $236K | — |
| Quina Grundhoefer Architects | $132K | 6 | $123K | $8,920 | — |
| Pyro Shows, Inc | $123K | 5 | $45K | $47K | $31K |
| VISA | $83K | 5 | $83K | — | — |
| HMX Productions, LLC | $78K | 7 | $48K | $15K | $15K |
| Laurie Rowe & Company | $76K | 8 | $38K | $38K | — |
| Raymond James | $71K | 54 | $21K | $29K | $21K |
| Zartico Inc | $70K | 2 | — | $35K | $35K |
| Krewe of St. Andrews Inc. | $61K | 4 | $32K | $29K | — |
| ITI Digital, LLC | $58K | 3 | $20K | $20K | $20K |
| Professional Printers | $54K | 4 | $2,530 | $52K | — |
| Bay Youth Music Association, Inc | $50K | 4 | $9,985 | $25K | $15K |
| RateGain Adara | $49K | 10 | — | $36K | $13K |
| Bay Arts Alliance | $49K | 6 | $17K | $23K | $9,663 |
| Placer Labs, Inc | $49K | 3 | $16K | $16K | $17K |
| Key Data | $48K | 3 | $15K | $16K | $17K |
| Carvertise, Inc | $46K | 4 | $23K | $23K | — |
| FPL Northwest FL | $44K | 18 | $39K | $5,026 | — |
| Visit Florida | $44K | 3 | $3,000 | $32K | $8,000 |
| Orange Video, LLC | $39K | 3 | $19K | $19K | — |
| Carr Riggs & Ingram | $39K | 13 | $18K | $20K | — |
| Advance Local Media | $37K | 4 | — | $27K | $10K |
| Beach TV Cable Company, Inc | $36K | 31 | $9,953 | $14K | $13K |
| Expedia Group | $35K | 9 | — | $22K | $12K |
| iDSS Global, LLC | $34K | 8 | $18K | $3,900 | $12K |
| 850 Company LLC | $33K | 1 | — | $33K | — |
| Clear Channel Outdoor | $33K | 21 | $2,046 | $25K | $5,383 |
| City of Panama City Government | $32K | 43 | $8,224 | $18K | $5,824 |
| Hotelbeds USA, Inc | $30K | 1 | $30K | — | — |
| WMBB | $27K | 18 | $12K | $12K | $2,830 |
| THRIVE Media | $27K | 4 | $13K | $6,500 | $7,500 |
| Dewberry Engineers, Inc | $27K | 7 | $6,710 | $19K | $1,294 |
| Frontline Insurance | $26K | 3 | $9,954 | $8,734 | $7,107 |
| Bay County Chamber of Commerce Government | $25K | 17 | $10K | $9,199 | $6,036 |
| Lamar Companies | $25K | 12 | $6,000 | $15K | $4,000 |
| CrowdRiff, Inc | $24K | 2 | $24K | — | — |
| U.S. Travel Association | $23K | 3 | $6,350 | $14K | $2,775 |
| WOW | $21K | 30 | $8,196 | $7,624 | $5,616 |
| Miles Partnership, LLLP | $21K | 3 | $14K | $6,650 | — |
| Kennon Accounting Solutions, Inc | $21K | 6 | $7,770 | $13K | — |
| Papa Joe's Bayside | $20K | 2 | $20K | — | — |
| Atlas Obscura, Inc | $20K | 1 | — | $20K | — |
| iHeartMedia | $20K | 14 | $2,000 | $11K | $7,356 |
| Red Fish Film Fest, LLC | $18K | 1 | — | $18K | — |
| House of Henry | $18K | 1 | $18K | — | — |
| Aaron Rich Marketing | $17K | 29 | $7,498 | $5,240 | $4,152 |
| Avoy Technologies Limited | $17K | 2 | $8,300 | — | $8,300 |
| The Local Palate | $16K | 4 | $750 | $14K | $1,250 |
| PCB Map Company, Inc | $15K | 1 | — | $15K | — |
| Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce | $14K | 7 | $4,750 | $2,700 | $6,300 |
| Print Source | $14K | 8 | $8,338 | $1,374 | $3,873 |
| StyleBlueprint, LLC | $13K | 2 | — | $13K | — |
| BTW Services, Inc | $12K | 4 | $7,000 | $1,900 | $3,600 |
| Panama City Symphony Orchestra | $12K | 5 | $7,200 | $5,000 | — |
| BHS Wrestling Booster Club, Inc | $11K | 2 | — | $11K | — |
| Grown Folks Entertainment Promotions, LLC | $10K | 2 | — | $4,673 | $5,400 |
| 325 Force Support MWR Fund | $10K | 2 | $5,000 | $5,000 | — |
| Emerson Entertainment | $10K | 4 | $4,000 | $6,000 | — |
| Royal American Hospitality | $10K | 1 | — | $10K | — |
| Southern Cross Consulting Group | $10K | 1 | — | — | $10K |
| Daystar Cleaning, Inc | $9,988 | 12 | — | $5,809 | $4,180 |
| Down to Earth Outdoor Services, LLC | $9,300 | 13 | $4,800 | $4,500 | — |
| Public Eye Soar Festival | $9,224 | 2 | $4,461 | $4,763 | — |
| Perry's Painting & Pressure Washing LLC | $8,350 | 1 | $8,350 | — | — |
| Destinations Florida | $8,064 | 2 | $3,953 | — | $4,111 |
| JBJ Productions, Inc | $7,950 | 1 | $7,950 | — | — |
| Second Chance of Northwest Florida, Inc | $7,689 | 2 | $4,089 | $3,600 | — |
| Will Thompson Music | $7,500 | 1 | $7,500 | — | — |
| Burke Blue | $7,208 | 14 | $3,146 | $2,511 | $1,550 |
| 814 Sand Inc | $6,853 | 2 | $4,138 | $2,715 | — |
| Sunbelt Rentals, Inc | $6,756 | 3 | $1,731 | $5,025 | — |
| The Lewis Bear Company | $6,738 | 4 | $6,738 | — | — |
| PG Environmental Florida, LLC | $6,726 | 4 | $4,493 | $2,233 | — |
| Otis Signature Service | $6,712 | 6 | $1,725 | $2,335 | $2,652 |
| The Group Travel Leader Inc | $6,540 | 3 | $1,520 | $1,520 | $3,500 |
| Verizon | $6,514 | 23 | $2,216 | $2,695 | $1,603 |
| Power Play Marketing | $6,500 | 1 | $6,500 | — | — |
| WJHG | $6,392 | 9 | $927 | $2,050 | $3,415 |
| Boo Media, LLC | $6,000 | 1 | $6,000 | — | — |
| Bay High School Wrestling Booster Club | $5,301 | 2 | $1,801 | — | $3,500 |
| Identi-D, LLC | $5,020 | 5 | $3,000 | $1,000 | $1,020 |
| AM Talent Management, LLC | $5,000 | 1 | $5,000 | — | — |
| Panama City Music Association | $5,000 | 1 | $5,000 | — | — |
| Panama City Ballet, Inc | $5,000 | 1 | — | $5,000 | — |
| Emerald and Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc | $5,000 | 1 | — | — | $5,000 |
| Public Eye Soar, Inc | $4,763 | 1 | — | $4,763 | — |
| Grown Folks Entertainment | $4,700 | 1 | $4,700 | — | — |
| Magic Broadcasting | $4,670 | 2 | $4,670 | — | — |
| St. Andrews Bodega, Inc | $4,585 | 1 | $4,585 | — | — |
| Business Presentation Services, Inc | $4,582 | 3 | $2,408 | — | $2,174 |
| Lawnmasters of Panama City LLC | $4,558 | 10 | $3,770 | $788 | — |
| BonLou Creative LLC | $4,520 | 3 | — | — | $4,520 |
| Patty's Potties | $4,374 | 3 | — | $3,238 | $1,136 |
| American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida | $4,291 | 1 | $4,291 | — | — |
| A&B Collective | $4,225 | 2 | — | $225 | $4,000 |
| Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLC | $4,215 | 31 | $1,188 | $1,660 | $1,367 |
| Historic St. Andrews Waterfront Partnership | $4,200 | 1 | — | $4,200 | — |
| Harrison's Kitchen & Bar | $4,000 | 1 | — | $4,000 | — |
| Lawnscapes, Inc | $3,919 | 12 | — | $3,635 | $285 |
| Earthshine Cleaning | $3,712 | 14 | $2,455 | $1,256 | — |
| G3D Management, LLC | $3,700 | 3 | — | $3,200 | $500 |
| JSC Systems, Inc | $3,614 | 6 | $1,998 | $974 | $642 |
| Pineapple Public Relations | $3,575 | 3 | $2,300 | — | $1,275 |
| Destinations International | $3,319 | 1 | — | $3,319 | — |
| Robin Malpass & Associates, Inc | $3,268 | 1 | $3,268 | — | — |
| Catered by Carla | $3,116 | 1 | $3,116 | — | — |
| Bay High School - Girls Weighlifting | $3,000 | 1 | — | $3,000 | — |
| Florida's Great Northwest Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | — | — | $3,000 |
| Rotary Club of Panama City Florida | $2,952 | 10 | $1,162 | $1,032 | $758 |
| Travelers | $2,696 | 1 | $2,696 | — | — |
| Southeast Tourism Society | $2,620 | 4 | $1,670 | $850 | $100 |
| Panama City A Cappella Chorus, Inc | $2,400 | 2 | $1,200 | $1,200 | — |
| Center Action Committee | $2,400 | 3 | $600 | $900 | $900 |
| mypanhandle.com | $2,344 | 3 | $500 | $1,444 | $400 |
| UniFirst Corporation | $2,184 | 1 | $2,184 | — | — |
| McCall-Bennett Co | $2,100 | 6 | — | $1,800 | $300 |
| Ruppert Landscape, LLC | $2,056 | 6 | — | — | $2,056 |
| Rutabaga Paddlesports | $1,875 | 1 | $1,875 | — | — |
| Dance Kraze All Charmed Up, Inc | $1,700 | 3 | $300 | $1,400 | — |
| Panama City Downtown Improvement Board, Inc | $1,617 | 1 | — | $1,617 | — |
| Brock Lawn and Pest Control, Inc | $1,578 | 30 | $562 | $588 | $428 |
| EJHG | $1,573 | 1 | $1,573 | — | — |
| Sun and Shield Designs, LLC | $1,521 | 2 | $621 | $900 | — |
| Gypsy Belle Photo Bus, LLC | $1,500 | 2 | $1,500 | — | — |
| Overstreet Realty | $1,500 | 1 | $1,500 | — | — |
| 12ElevenBand, LLC | $1,500 | 2 | — | — | $1,500 |
| Anne Cline Live LLC | $1,500 | 2 | — | — | $1,500 |
| Panama City Lions Club | $1,480 | 8 | $470 | $800 | $210 |
| Vertical Communications & Security, LLC | $1,396 | 4 | $1,120 | $188 | $89 |
| Kyle Mitchell Fencing, LLC | $1,350 | 1 | — | — | $1,350 |
| Cavalier Distributing Florida | $1,326 | 1 | $1,326 | — | — |
| Panama Business Machines | $1,318 | 16 | $854 | $464 | — |
| Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association | $1,200 | 2 | $600 | $600 | — |
| SendSites | $1,050 | 2 | $550 | — | $500 |
| Auto Owners Insurance | $1,026 | 3 | $269 | $757 | — |
| Emerald Coast APA | $1,000 | 1 | $1,000 | — | — |
| Beach Radio, Inc | $1,000 | 1 | $1,000 | — | — |
| City of Panama City Quality of Life Government | $1,000 | 1 | $1,000 | — | — |
| On The Go Oyster and Loco Boils | $1,000 | 1 | — | $1,000 | — |
| UH Beautiful Mes LLC | $960 | 2 | $220 | — | $740 |
| Gulf Ice Company, LLC | $920 | 1 | $920 | — | — |
| Exzact Window Tinting, LLC | $800 | 1 | — | — | $800 |
| Gannett Florida LocaliQ | $764 | 1 | $764 | — | — |
| Impact Advertising Specialities | $728 | 1 | — | — | $728 |
| Mainstreet Buildings of PC, LLC | $716 | 1 | $716 | — | — |
| Local Logistics NWFL, LLC | $700 | 1 | $700 | — | — |
| Shelbie Scippio - VENDOR | $700 | 3 | $700 | — | — |
| Leake Landscapes | $600 | 2 | $600 | — | — |
| AmTrust Financial Services, Inc | $600 | 2 | — | — | $600 |
| Harris Business Machines | $485 | 13 | — | $256 | $228 |
| Snelling Staffing Services | $448 | 1 | — | $448 | — |
| Florida Department of Revenue Payroll or benefits | $434 | 2 | $50 | — | $384 |
| Advanced Fire Protection Services, Inc | $401 | 3 | $126 | $126 | $150 |
| Jamie Lee - Gulf Coast Warriors Basketball | $400 | 1 | $400 | — | — |
| BFG Productions PCB, LLC | $318 | 1 | — | $318 | — |
| Floriopolis | $300 | 1 | — | $300 | — |
| Peoples First Insurance Services, LLC | $252 | 1 | — | $252 | — |
| Pacesetter Personnel Services | $206 | 1 | $206 | — | — |
| Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center, Inc | $200 | 2 | $100 | $100 | — |
| L.A.S. Fencing & Event Rentals, LLC | $172 | 1 | $172 | — | — |
| Bay County Public Library | $150 | 1 | — | — | $150 |
| Girls Inc. of Bay County Government | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Anchorage Children's Home of Bay County, Inc Government | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Heartland Rescue Ranch, Inc | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Life Management Center of Northwest FL, Inc | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Rooms with a Purpose | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Salty Cats of St. Andrews Rescue, Inc | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| The Arc of the Bay | $100 | 1 | $100 | — | — |
| Northwest Florida Great Dane Rescue | $100 | 1 | — | — | $100 |
Each amount links to that year's registers below. The registers are monthly, so a payee's total for a year comes from one or more of that year's files.
Monthly check registers (31)
- FY2024: Oct 2023, Nov 2023, Dec 2023, Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, May 2024, Jun 2024, Jul 2024, Aug 2024, Sep 2024
- FY2025: Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024, Jan 2025, Feb 2025, Mar 2025, Apr 2025, May 2025, Jun 2025, Jul 2025, Aug 2025, Sep 2025
- FY2026: Oct 2025, Nov 2025, Mar 2026, Apr 2026, May 2026, Jun 2026, Jul 2026
The Clerk of Court's monthly "Check Register – Sorted by Dollar Amount," attached to County Commission agendas. Each file has a section for this agency.
Notes on this register (2)
- Source: the Bay County Clerk of Court & Comptroller's monthly 'Check Register - Sorted by Dollar Amount'. Each register has a section for the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Panama City and Mexico Beach Community Development Councils, the three agencies funded by the county's tourist development tax. As of 2026-10-21 all months come from the text-PDF copies in the Clerk's OnBase public records search ('BOCC - Check Registry Search', bayforms.baycoclerk.com), so no OCR was needed, except December 2024, which is missing from OnBase and was read by OCR from the scanned copy attached to the Feb 4, 2025 BOCC agenda. Every month's parsed rows were added up and match the printed section total to the cent (see reconciliation); no amounts were corrected. Vendor names are as printed, with spelling variants merged. Payments to individual people (performers, contractors, refunds, staff reimbursements, employee expense reports) are excluded from the vendor list and only counted in excluded_individuals. Payroll processors, withholding/benefit remittances, credit-card bill payments and unnamed bank transfers are kept but labeled in 'category'. Voided checks appear as negative amounts and are netted. Fiscal year = Oct 1-Sep 30.
- The Panama City CDC markets Panama City under the name Destination Panama City and is funded by the Panama City TDT sub-district.
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Mexico Beach Community Development Council - Bay County TDC
FY2024: 12 of 12 months · FY2025: 12 of 12 months · FY2026: 7 of 12 monthsPaid out$2.2M799 payments in the months covered
Payees72All 72 payees shown
Checked31 of 31 monthsmonths match the register's printed total
To individuals$121K84 payments, not named here
| Paid to | Total | Payments | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madden Media | $799K | 31 | $261K | $313K | $225K |
| QuickBooks Payroll Service Payroll or benefits | $336K | 70 | $118K | $134K | $84K |
| City of Mexico Beach Government | $132K | 16 | $110K | $20K | $2,250 |
| Chase Card Services Credit card bill | $114K | 89 | $37K | $52K | $26K |
| United States Treasury Payroll or benefits | $103K | 28 | $44K | $49K | $10K |
| Florida Sheriffs Employee Benefits Trust Payroll or benefits | $91K | 24 | $39K | $47K | $4,723 |
| Cornerstone Marketing & Advertising | $76K | 30 | $31K | $28K | $18K |
| Visit Florida | $52K | 2 | — | $22K | $30K |
| Bay County Sheriff's Office Government | $38K | 14 | $13K | $10K | $15K |
| Bay County Board of County Commissioners Government | $33K | 10 | — | — | $33K |
| Travelscape, LLC | $30K | 3 | $20K | $10K | — |
| CRI | $23K | 11 | $12K | $12K | — |
| Coast 2 Coast Printing | $23K | 6 | $8,176 | $8,347 | $6,722 |
| AJR Publishing Inc | $20K | 7 | $2,700 | $8,700 | $8,400 |
| Coastal Parasail | $16K | 1 | — | — | $16K |
| Arrivalist | $15K | 1 | $15K | — | — |
| Cathey's Ace Hardware | $14K | 11 | $125 | $14K | — |
| QuickBooks Payroll Payroll or benefits | $10K | 5 | — | — | $10K |
| Burke Blue | $10K | 24 | $5,862 | $3,234 | $1,250 |
| Compass Media, LLC | $8,750 | 4 | $2,000 | $3,250 | $3,500 |
| PocketMaps | $8,347 | 1 | $8,347 | — | — |
| Coast View Lawn & Landscape | $8,343 | 34 | $3,258 | $2,928 | $2,158 |
| Intuit QuickBooks Workforce Payroll or benefits | $8,298 | 4 | — | — | $8,298 |
| Acentria Insurance Company | $7,241 | 7 | $2,943 | $2,718 | $1,580 |
| Miles Partnership | $7,054 | 1 | $7,054 | — | — |
| Roberson & Associates, PA | $6,150 | 23 | $1,875 | $2,875 | $1,400 |
| Hootsuite Inc | $5,348 | 2 | $2,674 | $2,674 | — |
| Destinations Florida | $5,224 | 4 | $946 | $2,222 | $2,056 |
| StyleBluePrint, LLC | $4,500 | 1 | — | $4,500 | — |
| Mexico Beach Department of Public Safety Government | $4,500 | 2 | — | $2,250 | $2,250 |
| GreatAmerica Financial Services | $4,104 | 30 | $1,673 | $1,536 | $896 |
| US Relay | $4,075 | 18 | $2,545 | $1,530 | — |
| Philadelphia Insurance Companies | $4,062 | 3 | $1,333 | $1,365 | $1,365 |
| Purchase Power | $4,035 | 11 | $672 | $2,006 | $1,357 |
| Duke Energy | $3,669 | 26 | $1,118 | $1,622 | $929 |
| Southeast Tourism Society | $3,595 | 4 | $2,745 | — | $850 |
| APA Media LLC | $3,550 | 1 | — | — | $3,550 |
| Brad the Dad, LLC | $3,400 | 1 | $3,400 | — | — |
| Stow Away | $3,192 | 2 | $1,523 | $1,669 | — |
| Coastal Protection Engineering, LLC | $2,942 | 1 | $2,942 | — | — |
| Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services | $2,401 | 12 | $492 | $1,146 | $763 |
| Samurai Media Group Inc. | $2,200 | 1 | $2,200 | — | — |
| PMT Publishing, Inc. | $2,000 | 1 | $2,000 | — | — |
| Mexico Beach Gollywhopper, LLC | $2,000 | 1 | $2,000 | — | — |
| Annett Bus Lines | $1,905 | 1 | $1,905 | — | — |
| GSC Systems | $1,202 | 4 | $268 | $592 | $342 |
| Grace and Grit, LLC | $1,200 | 1 | $1,200 | — | — |
| Pineapple Public Relations | $1,150 | 1 | $1,150 | — | — |
| London Tourism Publications | $995 | 1 | — | $995 | — |
| MCI a Verizon Company | $882 | 29 | $377 | $419 | $87 |
| DEX imaging | $875 | 28 | $314 | $341 | $219 |
| Forgotten Coast Property Management | $700 | 1 | — | $700 | — |
| Ramsey's Printing and Office | $624 | 10 | $260 | $232 | $133 |
| Panache Tent + Event | $578 | 1 | $578 | — | — |
| Bay County Chamber of Commerce Government | $558 | 4 | $279 | $279 | — |
| Scott's Quality Electric | $470 | 1 | — | — | $470 |
| The Workmans | $385 | 1 | — | $385 | — |
| Donnie's Total Pride Pest Control | $380 | 6 | $185 | $195 | — |
| Ethos Exteriors, LLC | $375 | 1 | — | $375 | — |
| Forgotten Coast Living | $300 | 1 | — | $300 | — |
| Mize Plumbing Services | $237 | 1 | $237 | — | — |
| EPCI | $214 | 2 | $139 | — | $75 |
| Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association | $200 | 1 | $200 | — | — |
| Sam's Club | $150 | 3 | $50 | $50 | $50 |
| ProComm Solutions, LLC | $145 | 1 | $145 | — | — |
| Florida Department of Revenue Payroll or benefits | $140 | 23 | $74 | $55 | $11 |
| HealthiestYou Payroll or benefits | $126 | 7 | — | — | $126 |
| Mexico Beach Sweets | $120 | 1 | — | $120 | — |
| Caribbean Coffee | $90 | 2 | — | $90 | — |
| Brock Lawn & Pest Control | $77 | 1 | $77 | — | — |
| Bayside Florist & Gifts | $63 | 1 | $63 | — | — |
| Florida UC Fund | $42 | 3 | $21 | $21 | — |
Each amount links to that year's registers below. The registers are monthly, so a payee's total for a year comes from one or more of that year's files.
Monthly check registers (31)
- FY2024: Oct 2023, Nov 2023, Dec 2023, Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, May 2024, Jun 2024, Jul 2024, Aug 2024, Sep 2024
- FY2025: Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024, Jan 2025, Feb 2025, Mar 2025, Apr 2025, May 2025, Jun 2025, Jul 2025, Aug 2025, Sep 2025
- FY2026: Oct 2025, Nov 2025, Mar 2026, Apr 2026, May 2026, Jun 2026, Jul 2026
The Clerk of Court's monthly "Check Register – Sorted by Dollar Amount," attached to County Commission agendas. Each file has a section for this agency.
Notes on this register (2)
- Source: the Bay County Clerk of Court & Comptroller's monthly 'Check Register - Sorted by Dollar Amount'. Each register has a section for the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Panama City and Mexico Beach Community Development Councils, the three agencies funded by the county's tourist development tax. As of 2026-10-21 all months come from the text-PDF copies in the Clerk's OnBase public records search ('BOCC - Check Registry Search', bayforms.baycoclerk.com), so no OCR was needed, except December 2024, which is missing from OnBase and was read by OCR from the scanned copy attached to the Feb 4, 2025 BOCC agenda. Every month's parsed rows were added up and match the printed section total to the cent (see reconciliation); no amounts were corrected. Vendor names are as printed, with spelling variants merged. Payments to individual people (performers, contractors, refunds, staff reimbursements, employee expense reports) are excluded from the vendor list and only counted in excluded_individuals. Payroll processors, withholding/benefit remittances, credit-card bill payments and unnamed bank transfers are kept but labeled in 'category'. Voided checks appear as negative amounts and are netted. Fiscal year = Oct 1-Sep 30.
- The Mexico Beach CDC is funded by the Mexico Beach TDT sub-district. Its register is grouped by payment type and is not strictly sorted by amount, so order-based OCR checks could not be used. Every month still matched its printed total.
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Sources and gaps
The Bay County Clerk of Court's monthly "Check Register – Sorted by Dollar Amount," attached to County Commission agendas. Most months come from the Clerk's public records search as text PDFs; one month (December 2024) was only available as a scan and was read by OCR. Every month was added up and checked against the register's printed totals for each agency.
No city or the School Board posts a check register. You can request one; the request generator has them ready.
What we couldn't find (8)
- City of Panama City: no check register, warrant list or vendor-payment report was found. Commission agenda packets (checked: 2026-09-08, 2026-10-13 and searched FY2023-FY2026 titles) have no such attachment. The city's Archive Center (budgets, ACFRs, pension reports) and site search had none. Needs a public-records request.
- City of Panama City Beach: no register found. Council agendas on pcbgov.granicus.com (recent meetings checked) have no bills/warrant item, and pcbfl.gov blocks automated access (Cloudflare), so its document center could not be searched directly. There is no OpenGov/ClearGov transparency portal.
- Callaway, Parker, Springfield, Mexico Beach: no registers. Callaway's recent agenda packets (CivicPlus) have none. Parker's Budget-Audits page holds only budgets and audits. Springfield's Finance page holds only budget resolutions and the 2025 audit. Mexico Beach's Budget & Financials page lists only budget/JLAC documents. The council minutes the site already has (data/contracts) do not itemize bills.
- Bay District Schools: no warrant list or check register is posted. The Finance page has only budgets and fiscal-transparency graphs. Board agenda packets include 'Purchasing and Contracting' reports (purchase orders, not payments). bay.k12.fl.us uses a JavaScript challenge that blocks scripted downloads.
- Visit Panama City Beach / Bay County TDC board packets (assets.simpleviewinc.com, e.g., the 2025-09-09 and 2025-08-26 agendas) have no check register, only individual invoice approvals (e.g., beach-nourishment engineering invoices in 2021 packets). The CVB's own payments are covered here through the Clerk's registers instead.
- TDC agency months still missing: December 2025, January and February 2026 (not in the Clerk's OnBase register list; the BOCC agenda copy covering those months lists BOCC disbursements only, with CVB funding shown as BOCC transfers), and August-September 2026 (not posted yet). The OnBase document links are session-specific; the stable entry point is the Clerk's public records search, 'BOCC - Check Registry Search'.
- Individuals were picked out by a first-name heuristic plus 'Last, First' patterns. A few sole proprietors may be misclassified either way; check excluded totals before quoting them.
- Bay County BOCC FY2024-FY2026 and Lynn Haven FY2023-FY2025 registers are already summarized in the Contracts page (registers) and are not repeated here.