{"id":14388,"date":"2026-05-06T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/whats-up-for-bid-panama-city-is-hosting-a-surplus-auction-may-9-panama-city-news-herald\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:18:01","slug":"whats-up-for-bid-panama-city-is-hosting-a-surplus-auction-may-9-panama-city-news-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/whats-up-for-bid-panama-city-is-hosting-a-surplus-auction-may-9-panama-city-news-herald\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s up for bid? Panama City is hosting a surplus auction May 9 &#8211; Panama City News Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PANAMA CITY\u2014 Government vehicles and equipment are set to be auctioned off in Panama City.<br \/>The city is working with the Florida Auction Network to hold a surplus auction. The live auction is set to take place on May 9 at 9 a.m. at 3847 Business Highway 98.<br \/>Readers can find the catalogue for the live auction at <a href=https:\/\/flauctionnetwork.hibid.com\/>FlAuctionNetwork.hibid.com.<\/a><br \/>There is also an online auction with a deadline of May 13. Readers could make bids on lucrative items by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auctiontime.com\/listings?keywords=Florida%20Auction%20Network%20LLC\">AuctionTime.com<\/a> and searching for &#8220;Florida Auction Network LLC.&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;These auctions feature items from City of Panama City, Talquin Electric Co-Op, Walton County Sheriff Office, Bay County TPO, and others,&#8221; a release from the city said.<br \/>According to the live auction catalogue, a firetruck, a garbage truck, several municipal buses and a decommissioned street sweeper are among the vehicles set to be auctioned. Some of the other items offered include trailers, construction equipment and riding lawnmowers.<br \/><span class=exclude-from-newsgate><strong style=margin-right:3px>More on local events: <\/strong><a href=https:\/\/www.newsherald.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/05\/panama-city-beach-florida-gulf-coast-jam-coming-soon-what-to-know\/89934207007\/ rel=noreferrer target=_blank>Panama City Beach is less than a month away from 2026 Gulf Coast Jam<\/a><\/span><br \/>The online auction catalogue is only composed of vehicles and includes an ambulance. The current bids appear to be far below sticker price, with a $700 bid on a fire truck as of May 5.<br \/>&#8220;Government auctions give the public a fair shot at valuable assets, help get the best return for taxpayers, and keep the process transparent, ensuring nothing goes to waste and everyone benefits,&#8221; a Panama City spokesperson previously told the News Herald.<br \/>A flier provided by the city shows that there is a 13% buyers&#8217; premium and a 3% discount for cash and checks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPZFlMOU1vS3RvSTA2VjBqT284YjVyN2dmcXR4aTBMaktReE91VUlxaDN3MnNTUzhUenNuTnZkckpod2FLeGhVZG5vVzVXYnZ3LVgwUVJ0WXZoQTNrYzBfNDVnTXk3RlNOYThEangwTWxCMUxENi04VV9xYzQ5ejVBVmpMWXJEMkJTYnFZMUpSem41N0ctd1NwV2VyVXFweV8zcHdvRVVLbGtvTnI0WWp2ZnFnQVN1czE4ZzBPWE1IdmZWQQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PANAMA CITY\u2014 Government vehicles and equipment are set to be auctioned off in Panama City.The city is working with the Florida Auction Network to hold a surplus auction. The live auction is set to take place on May 9 at 9 a.m. at 3847 Business Highway 98.Readers can find the catalogue for the live auction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}