State Watchdog DOGE Scrutinizing Coconut Creek Budget, City Officials Respond to Oversight Request

by David Volz April 30, 2025

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Coconut Creek has been notified by the Florida DOGE program to justify its budget to the Executive Office of the Governor (EOG).

During the April 24 meeting, City Manager Sheila Rose told the commission that DOGE will be looking at the Coconut Creek budget.

Coconut Creek and other governments are encouraged to respond to informative requests as soon as possible or by Friday, May 9. The letter encourages city administrators to assist the EOG DOGE by understanding their city’s programs, budgets, and spending to provide additional information beyond what is publicly available.

These are the major items of information DOGE requested.

1. Budget and spending reports at a line-item level of detail for each department for years 23-24 and FY 24 25.

2. Position descriptions and salaries for each employee, although specific names and other personally identifiable information can be withheld for FY 23-24 and FY 24-25.

3. All contracts with total costs, deliverables, spending amounts, and whether the contract was awarded competitively or non-competitively for FY 23-24 and FY 24-25.

4. All grants made to each recipient, and subrecipients where applicable, with descriptions and purposes for FY 23-24 and FY 24-25.

5. Service delivery metrics and performance for all departments.

6. Hours worked by department, and projects and tasks completed in FY 23-24 and FY 24-25, according to the letter received from the EOG.

According to Commissioner John Brodie, the Coconut Creek administration is cooperating with DOGE requests but is not providing any information that is not requested.

“We are not sure what they are looking for. The state has notified all cities that they are under DOGE oversight,” said Brodie.

Because of Home Rule, DOGE officials cannot arbitrarily order the city administration to fire people or cut programs. For the state to order local governments to change their way of doing business, it would have to change Home Rule, according to Brodie.

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David Volz has worked as a writer in South Florida for 35 years. He has written for the Sun-Sentinel, Hollywood Gazette, School Transportation News, South Dade News Leaders, Observer among others. He has an MA in Communications from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in Communications from Valparaiso University. Volz teaches Communications at Miami Dade College and Palm Beach State College. He lives in Coral Springs and enjoys running and participating in 5Ks and half-marathons.