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County leaders contest statewide audit findings and seek clearer ad‑valorem breakdown
Summary
County staff and commissioners pushed back on a 98‑page state audit summary that lumped grants, bond proceeds and ad‑valorem increases; administrators said much of the budget growth was grant or bond‑driven and asked the state CFO to share methodology.
Palm Beach County officials on Feb. 11 responded to a recently released statewide report (referred to in the meeting as the "Doge" report), saying the overview mischaracterized local budget increases by failing to separate ad‑valorem (property tax) growth from grant and bond revenue.
Chief Deputy Administrator Todd Butler and Sherry Brown, director of the Office of Financial Management and Budget, walked commissioners through the numbers the state report flagged and said much of the…
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