PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) -- Efforts to make local governments more efficient are underway in the Tampa Bay area. Florida DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, was in Pinellas County Thursday.

Pinellas County Commissioners said DOGE was housed inside the fourth-floor conference room of the courthouse. A sign on the front door said meeting in progress. 8 On Your Side was told there were no opportunities for recording their visit.

"There's just a lot of people in a big conference room looking at spreadsheets and budgets," said County Commissioner Vince Nowicki.

Nowicki said the county has budgeted for positions it can't fill, and the government is working efficiently without those positions.

"I'm hoping they come in with some cuts and some reductions in things. That's what

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