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  1. Oct 20, 2026How they voted. Recorded votes on budgets, tax rates, contracts, land and borrowing, with every member's vote and split votes first. Bay County, Panama City and the school board so far; more boards coming. /public-money/votes
  2. Oct 20, 2026Contracts and vendors. Major contracts approved by Bay County and its cities since October 2022: winners, how they were awarded, change orders, emergency purchases, the bidding rules, and who the county actually paid the most. /public-money/contracts
  3. Oct 20, 2026Fees, utility bills and who runs Bay County. Every flat fee on Bay County tax bills, a typical monthly water, sewer and garbage bill in each city, and a guide to every elected seat, appointed manager and top salary. My Address now shows the actual fees on each parcel. /public-money/fees-and-bills · /who-runs-bay-county · /my-address
  4. Oct 20, 2026Designed PDF reports, and a new home page. Export PDF now builds a formatted report on every page, with tables, charts, maps and source links. The home page shows headline numbers and every topic. / · /my-address · /public-money/cra-spending · /public-money/tax-dollars
  5. Oct 20, 2026Tourist tax and sales tax projects. The 5% bed tax: ten years of collections, how the pennies are split and what Visit Panama City Beach spends. Plus a map of 1,062 half-cent sales tax projects with their status, and the school half-cent. /public-money/tourist-tax · /public-money/sales-tax-projects
  6. Oct 20, 2026Debt and audit findings. What every Bay County government owes, including big single payments ahead, and three years of audit findings in plain English, from audits filed with the Florida Auditor General. /public-money/debt · /public-money/audits
  7. Oct 20, 2026Search, and Hurricane Michael recovery money. New: search across every page and record. New page tracking FEMA, HUD and state Hurricane Michael money in Bay County, with all 765 FEMA projects. /search · /public-money/hurricane-michael
  8. Oct 20, 2026My Address. Look up any Bay County address for a tax estimate, representatives, schools, flood and evacuation zones, and CRA status. Uses the 2026 property roll. /my-address · /
  9. Oct 20, 2026Amendment 3, and the homestead exemption fix. New Amendment 3 page with the state's estimates for every Bay County government. Calculators now use the inflation-adjusted second homestead exemption ($25,722 for FY2026 bills). /public-money/amendment-3 · /public-money/tax-dollars · /glossary
  10. Oct 20, 2026Tax dollars and the plain-English guide. How your tax dollars are allocated: bill calculator, six years of rates and levies, and every government's budget. Plus a glossary and tap-to-explain terms across the site. /public-money/tax-dollars · /glossary · /public-money/cra-spending
  11. Oct 20, 2026CRA Spending launched. Map and ledger of Bay County's six Community Redevelopment Agencies. /public-money/cra-spending · /about