Overview

• At a Tuesday event in Pembroke Pines, the CFO called Broward’s bureaucracy wasteful after a Department of Government Efficiency review of county finances conducted over two days this summer.
• The state said the county’s nearly $2 billion fund grew by $617 million over five years, roughly a 47% increase.
• Ingoglia said Broward’s budget is about $190 million higher than warranted by inflation and population trends, while DOGE officials have floated potential cuts near $200 million.
• He offered no line-item examples and said specifics will come in forthcoming DOGE reports, a lack of detail that county leaders have criticized.
• Earlier this month the County Commission approved a slight millage-rate reduction worth about $1 million, as state officials tout the audits in a broader tour that has included Hillsborough, Orange, Alachua and Jacksonville.