While Palm Beach County and its 39 cities have complied with the state DOGE team’s request for detailed financial information, some municipal leaders said they can’t understand why they were forced to waste resources on what some described as a time-consuming and tedious task.

“This is information the state already has,” South Bay City Manager Leondrae Camel said. “Also, from a home rule perspective, each municipality should have the opportunity to manage their own communities.”

County Commissioner Gregg Weiss , a Democrat, voiced similar concerns about the governor’s efficiency team.

“It’s not very efficient because all of the information they are asking for they have,” Weiss said. “We have to submit our audited financial statements to the state each year.”

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