Bill Carlson

District 4 · Tampa City Council

Non-partisan seat

Term May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2027

Money

Net worth

$1,900,221

as of Dec. 31, 2025

Paid by the public

$77,822

reported primary income from the seat

Total reported income

$495,289

filed June 27, 2026

Form year	Net worth	Public salary	Total income	Filed	Source
2025	$1,900,221	$77,822	$495,289	June 27, 2026	Filing 1101319
2024	$1,923,564	$61,117	$564,614	June 30, 2025	Filing 1039585
2023	$1,618,841	$54,898	$312,517	July 1, 2024	Filing 978645
2022	$1,678,653	$51,959	$287,461	Jan. 19, 2023	Filing 890129

The vote record

Votes cast

9,742

of 10,298 recorded

Attendance

94.6%

134 meeting days

Dissents

151

votes against the majority

Full days absent

Partial days absent

First vote

Nov. 16, 2023

Last action on record

Sept. 8, 2026

Council minutes name who dissented and who was absent at each vote; there is no separate roll-call file to check them against.

Absent all day: March 3, 2026. Counted from the meeting minutes. The record runs through Sept. 8, 2026.

What they moved

Motions moved

1,129

Substantive

134

Routine

995

Seconded

465

On divided votes

Land use

How this is counted is explained in how we count.

Council rezonings are heard as public hearings; the procedural motions each hearing generates are excluded, and only the vote on the case itself is counted.

On contested votes, sided with development

54%

38 with, 33 against, of 71 votes where anyone objected

On every zoning vote

90.0%

387 of 430; most pass unanimously

What they brought forward

Items sponsored

ordinances, directives and reports they put on the agenda

Pass rate

—

0 passed, 0 failed

No recorded vote

reports and appearances that carry no motion

The city does not record a sponsor on council items the way the county does, so there is nothing to attribute.

No items sponsored on the agenda in this term.

Campaign finance

Bill Carlson campaign (2023 municipal) HILLS_SOE

Raised

$136,591

contributions only

Contributions

445

Period

Jan. 11, 2023 – March 2, 2023

Where it came from

Development / real estate / construction23%
Retired22%
Other17%
Other business17%

Largest donors

Rebeccah Cardillo$1,250
Vernon Ellinger$1,000
Thaddeus Bereday$1,000
THOMAS HALL$1,000
THE DIRECTED BENEFITS FOUNDATI$1,000

Bill Carlson campaign (2027 municipal) HILLS_SOE

Raised

$59,970

contributions only

Contributions

198

Period

April 16, 2026 – June 30, 2026

Where it came from

Retired28%
Other19%
Development / real estate / construction18%
Law / lobbying / consulting12%

Largest donors

Yvonne Capin$1,000
Thad Bereday$1,000
Stuart Brown$1,000
Steven Holub$1,000
Shah Realty, LLC$1,000

What the campaign spent

Spent

$152,141

Payments

Largest payees

GULF COAST IMPRINTING$34,651
POLITICAL VICTORY COMPANY$30,863
SPRY STRATEGIES$20,000
KEY LIME STRATEGIES AND MEDIA$13,150
REAL SOLUTIONS$10,000
Martz Creative Inc.$7,500

What it went on

MAILING$51,805
Consulting$20,000
DIGITAL CONSULTING$15,000
CANVASSING$13,000
LIVE OUTREACH$10,000
media production$7,500

Who came to see them

The city's lobbyist log blocks automated collection, so no city meetings are counted here.

Lobbyist meetings logged

No lobbyist meetings logged.

Net worth, public salary and total income are as reported on this official's own Form 6 filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics; each figure carries its form year, the date it was filed and the date the net worth speaks to. Pass rate is about what this official put on the agenda, not the motions they made: it counts sponsored items the board decided, passed against failed. Items that carry no motion at all, such as reports and special appearances, are counted separately and left out of the rate. Sponsored items show the first recorded motion on that item as the outcome. Full detail is in how we count. Land-use and lobbying figures cover Hillsborough County records.