509 Griffin Blvd. Panama City Beach Fl. 32413850-233-5030850-233-5034

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Special Districts are required to post the following information on their official website.  This is the official website for Beach Mosquito Control District.

 

Full legal name:

Beach Mosquito Control District

 

Mailing Address:

509 Griffin Blvd.Panama City Beach, Fl. 32413

 

Telephone :

850-233-5030

 

Website Address:

https://pcbeachmosquito.org

   

Email Addresses:

Director: james@pcbeachmosquito.com

Commissioner Seat 1: larshayc@hotmail.com

Commissioner Seat 2: jybdean49@gmail.com

Commissioner Seat 3: docmx8@gmail.com 

   

Boundaries:

 

Click here to view.

   

Services Provided:

  • Larval mosquito control by air and ground

  • Adult mosquito control by air and ground

  • Arbovirus Monitoring utilizing sentinel chickens & Lab Testing equipment

  • Ditch maintenance to assigned district’s ditches and assist with other government entities ditches within the district’s boundaries.

  • Public education

  • On demand field technician service to citizens of Beach Mosquito Control District

  • Assistance to other government entities for the betterment of the district.

  • Training center for Florida Panhandle’s mosquito control districts and related industry professionals.

       

Contact Information:

Contact Us:

By Phone: 850-233-5030

By Email: james@pcbeachmosquito.com

Through our website: https://pcbeachmosquito.org

           

Registered Agent/Registered Office:

James Clauson, Director

509 Griffin Blvd.

Panama City Beach, Fl. 32413

   

All taxes, fees, assessments, or charges imposed and collected:

Ad valorem

   

Rates or amounts for the current fiscal year:

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2024-2025 is 0.1400

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2023-2024 is 0.1800

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2022-2023 is 0.2200

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2021-2022 is 0.3000

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2020-2021 is 0.3500

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2019-2020 is 0.5240

  • Millage rate for fiscal year 2018-2019 is 0.5450

   

Statutory authority for the levy of the tax, fee, assessment, or charge:

Florida Department of Financial Services

388.221

Public Purpose Statement :

The mission of the Beach Mosquito Control District (BMCD) is to serve the district by suppressing both pestiferous and disease carrying mosquito populations to a tolerable level in the safest, most economical manner, utilizing integrated mosquito management. BMCD focuses on employing public education, surveillance, source reduction, control of larvae & pupae, as well as the control of adult mosquitoes.

Date Established:

Originally formed as The Gulf Mosquito Control District on October 14, 1952 when the citizens of the Panama City Beach area voted to create a mosquito control district. The District’s name was changed to The Beach Mosquito Control District in early 1997.

   

Charter / creation document :

Gulf Mosquito Control District

Name Change Resolution

   

Establishing entity (legislature, county(ies), municipality(ies), or Governor: 

The Board of County Commissioners of  Bay County, Florida

   

Statute or statutes under which the special district operates, if different from the statute or statutes under which the special district was established:

Chapter 388 Florida Statutes, click this link to view

   

Ethics:

Code of Ethics, if adopted

Generally applicable ethics provisions can be found on the Florida Commission on Ethics website at https://www.ethics.state.fl.us/Research/EthicsLaws.aspx

     

Fiscal Year Period :

October 1 – September 30

   

Budget Information :

Current BMCD budget information can be found on the Budget Information page, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Final Adopted Budget

  • Budget Amendments (if applicable)

  • BMCD’s Annual Financial Report on the Department of Financial Services website:  https://apps.fldfs.com/LocalGov/Reports/(required by Section 218.32(1)(g), Florida Statutes)

  • Most recently completed fiscal year Audit Reports (if applicable):

BMCD Audit 2019

BMCD Audit 2020

BMCD Audit 2021