Joo Sang-hyun, Gwangsan District Councilor in Gwangju, "Reorganization of Various Ineffective Committees Needed"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] There has been a call for the reorganization of the various ineffective committees managed by Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

On the 22nd, Jo Sang-hyun, a member of the Gwangsan-gu Council in Gwangju, advocated for the need to reorganize the Gwangsan-gu committees during a 5-minute free speech at the 2nd plenary session of the 255th regular meeting.

Councilor Jo stated, “Gwangsan-gu currently has a total of 108 committees with 1,332 members operating based on higher laws and ordinances, but there is a need to enhance operational substance. Committees with poor performance or overlapping functions should be reorganized to operate according to their original purposes.”

He continued, “The proliferation of committees has led to ineffective operations where the same individuals hold concurrent positions in similar or overlapping committees, resulting in budget waste. I request that an annual survey on committee operations be conducted and the results reported to the council to prevent waste of budget and administrative resources.”

He also said, “Please make efforts to form committees that are helpful to administration by operating effective committees, including the involvement of experts.”

Additionally, Councilor Jo provided supplementary explanations regarding his 5-minute speech at the 1st plenary session on the 15th about the designation of the district treasury.

Jo said, “According to the evaluation results of the review committee for the designation of the Gwangsan-gu treasury this year, Gwangju Bank, which received higher scores in qualitative evaluation than in quantitative evaluation that included the cooperation project cost item, was selected over Kookmin Bank. It seems the judges gave better scores to Gwangju Bank, which proposed 900 million KRW, compared to Kookmin Bank, which proposed 3.7 billion KRW, for the sake of a local company.”

He added, “I also confirmed that in the licensing process of an agricultural corporation’s golf practice range from 12 years ago, Gwangsan-gu first decided on the permit and later suggested securing the site.”

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