Gadsden County TDC tables FY25-26 budget, seeks itemized marketing breakdown; approves first-phase payment to contractor

The Gadsden County Tourism Development Council voted Thursday to table adoption of its fiscal year 2025–26 budget and asked the county nd the council—ontractor to provide an itemized breakdown of marketing expenditures before final approval. The council also approved the first-phase payment under its current marketing contract so vendor work can continue.

Council members cited confusion over how a $150,000 marketing contract and related line items were shown in the draft budget, including two $30,000 entries that members feared might be double-counted and several small annual fees listed separately. "Would it be okay for Medium 4 to provide us the itemized breakdown for their $150,000 fee? That's all we need," said Miss Robinson during the meeting.

The request followed a presentation from staff and from representatives of the council's marketing firm. Michael, a representative of the marketing firm Medium 4, told the council, "we actually have a budget of a $150,000 per contract, so there…