Broward’s top administrator is challenging the findings of the state’s chief financial officer, who is accusing county government costing taxpayers almost $190 million by refusing to rein in spending while property values have outpaced inflation over the last five years.

General spending in Broward, the part of the budget funded by property tax revenues, only went up by $536 million between 2020 and 2025, considerably less than the $617 million asserted by Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, according to Broward County Administrator Monica Cepero.

In an email to the County Commission late Tuesday, Cepero said she did not know where Ingoglia got his information to determine how much additional spending was necessary and how much was wasteful.

At Ingoglia’s news conference earlier Tu

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