Ulsan City Receives Minister of the Interior and Safety Commendation in Local Government Organizational Management Evaluation

Open and Communicative Organization Management, Positive Evaluation for Field-Centered Staffing
Received 10.1 Billion KRW in General Grant Tax Incentives Over the Past 5 Years

Ulsan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan City has been selected as an "Excellent Institution" in the "2020 Organizational Operation Local Government Evaluation" and will receive the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award.

This event is held by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to commend local governments that have actively promoted organizational innovation and efficiency.

Ulsan City received high evaluations for flexible organizational operation, the establishment of a preemptive COVID-19 response organization, field-centered personnel placement that citizens can feel, and the operation of an open organizational management system of communication and participation, including holding organizational and personnel meetings with the public officials' union.

In the 2020 organizational restructuring, Ulsan City boldly reduced personnel in functions that were declining or not urgent, such as reducing staff in the National Sports Festival planning team due to the postponement of the event and transferring tasks related to large-scale construction and industrial complex development.

Additionally, essential areas for Ulsan's future growth, such as promoting the Ulsan-type New Deal project to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, establishing the Ulsan Free Economic Zone Authority, creating the Citizen Health Bureau for infectious disease response including COVID-19, establishing the Green Garden Bureau following the designation of Taehwagang National Garden, constructing the Municipal Art Museum and Exhibition Convention Center, and hosting the National Sports Festival, were operated with minimal personnel to maintain a strong small organization.

In the firefighting sector, personnel were significantly expanded in accordance with the government's policy to increase firefighting field personnel, and the prompt deployment of personnel during the fire at the Daldong Artnouveau residential complex helped prevent casualties, which also contributed to the high score in this evaluation.

Ulsan City was evaluated as efficient by operating personnel at about 90% of the standard labor cost level presented annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. It also received 10.1 billion KRW in ordinary local tax incentives over the past five years.

An official from Ulsan City said, "We are pleased to achieve results through efficient organizational operation. We will actively communicate with the union, departments, and the council according to the organizational restructuring operation direction of the 7th elected administration."

This Ministry of the Interior and Safety commendation selected a total of 17 local governments as "Excellent Institutions," including four metropolitan local governments such as Ulsan City and 13 basic local governments including Buk-gu, Ulsan City.

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